S.I. No. 481/2019 - Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019

1. An emblem shall be delivered to the Registrar of Political Parties with the application form specified by the Registrar under section 25(3) of the

Electoral Act 1992

, in digitised format along with 2 identical printed copies.

2. The emblem shall be designed to a professional standard.

3. The Electoral (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2014 (

S.I. No.321 of 2014

) and the Electoral (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (

S.I. No. 76 of 2019

) are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my hand,

25 September 2019

JOHN PAUL PHELAN

Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(

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

.)

In these regulations the lists of photographic identifications that may be produced (i) when a statutory declaration is being made by a person who lives in the relevant constituency is assenting to the nomination of a candidate at an election and (ii) which a voter may be required to produce at a polling station, are amended to remove the reference to identifications acceptable only for local elections. In these regulations a revised form of Nomination Paper to be used at a Dáil Election is prescribed for the purpose of removing the requirement for a candidate’s photograph to be submitted specifically by Jpeg or CD. The requirement to submit the emblem of a political party by Jpeg or CD is also removed. A revised Statutory Declaration for assentors is also provided for.

4. Each copy of the printed photograph shall have the candidate's name clearly shown on the back.”, and

(f) the substitution of the following Schedule for the Fourth Schedule to the said Regulations.

“

FOURTH SCHEDULE

EMBLEMS

5. Name of current Dáil constituency in which assentor's address at 2 is located: ____________________________________________________________

6. Name of candidate (

name in capitals

): ____________________________________________________________

7. Address of candidate (

address in capitals

): ____________________________________________________________

Assent

8. I assent to the nomination of the candidate referred to at 6 and 7 at the next Dáil election to be held in the constituency in which the address at 2 is located at the time of the election.

9. I have not assented to the nomination of any other candidate at the election referred to at 8 or at any other Dáil election to be held at the same time as that election,

and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of the

Statutory Declarations Act 1938

.

Signature of assentor.........................

Declared before me .............[

name in capitals

] [a notary public] [a commissioner for oaths] [a peace commissioner] [a member of the Garda Síochána] [an official of the registration authority] by.........................who is personally known to me at.........................[

place of signature

] this...........day of .........................[

date

]

.........................

[

signature of witness

]

Garda Station/Registration Authority Stamp

[

where appropriate

]”,

(e) the substitution of the following Schedule for the Third Schedule to the said Regulations –

“

THIRD SCHEDULE

PHOTOGRAPHS

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

27

th September,

2019.

I, JOHN PAUL PHELAN, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

sections 3

,

46

and

111

of the

Electoral Act 1992

(No. 23 of 1992) (as adapted by the Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order (

S.I. No. 358 of 2017

) and the Housing, Planning and Local Government (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2017 (

S.I. No. 473 of 2017

)), hereby order as follows