S.I. No. 75/2009 - Electoral (Amendment) Regulations 2009

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Electoral (Amendment) Regulations 2009.

2. The Electoral Regulations 2007 (

S.I. No. 156 of 2007

) are hereby amended by:—

(

a

) the substitution of the following article for article 4

“4. The prescribed photographic identification for the purposes of section 46(6)(

b

) of the

Electoral Act 1992

shall be (i) a passport; (ii) a driving licence; (iii) an employee identity card containing a photograph; (iv) a student identity card issued by an educational institution and containing a photograph; (v) a bank card with a photograph; (vi) a travel document containing name and photograph; (vii) a Temporary Residence Certificate card; (viii) a Garda National Immigration Bureau card.”, and

(

b

) the substitution of the following article for article 8

“8. The specified documents for the purposes of section 111(2) of the

Electoral Act 1992

shall be

(i) a passport; (ii) a driving licence; (iii) an employeeidentity card containing a photograph; (iv) a student identity card issued by an educational institution and containing a photograph; (v) a travel document containing name and photograph; (vi) a Bank or Savings or Credit Union book containing address in constituency or electoral area; (vii) a Temporary Residence Certificate card; (viii) a Garda National Immigration Bureau card; (ix) a cheque book; (x) a cheque card; (xi) a credit card; (xii) a birth certificate; (xiii) a marriage certificate. Items (ix) to (xiii) shall be accompanied by a further document which establishes the address of the holder in the constituency or electoral area.”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

5 March 2009

JOHN GORMLEY.

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These regulations amend the list of specified documents which a voter may be required to produce at a polling station to include a Temporary Residence Certificate card and a Garda National Immigration Bureau card. In addition, where a person who lives in the relevant constituency or electoral area assents to the nomination of a non-party candidate (by signing and completing a statutory declaration), these identity documents are included on the list of documents that must be presented to the person witnessing the statutory declaration.

S.I. No. 75 of 2009

ELECTORAL (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

13

th March

, 2009.

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 3, 46 and 111 of the

Electoral Act 1992

(No. 23 of 1992), hereby makes the following Regulations:-