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Amendment of section 7 of the Principal Act.
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2.—In section 7 of the Principal Act the following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (5)—
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“(5) The following provisions shall, for the purposes of paragraph (f) of subsection (1) or paragraph (c) of subsection (2) (as may be appropriate) of this section, apply in relation to an election of elected members of a harbour authority to be held in a particular election year—
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(a) in this subsection—
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the expression ‘the qualifying year’ means the year immediately preceding the said election year;
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the expression ‘Irish body corporate’ means a body corporate incorporated in the State;
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the expression ‘resident’ means ordinarily resident in the State;
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the expression ‘qualified vessels’ means vessels in respect of which there was paid to that harbour authority, during the qualifying year, tonnage rates in the aggregate of an amount not less than the minimum sum;
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(b) where the owner, on the 31st day of December in the qualifying year, of one or more qualified vessels, was—
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(i) a person resident during the qualifying year, or
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(ii) an Irish body corporate, or
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(iii) a group which includes either—
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(I) a person resident during the qualifying year, or
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(II) an Irish body corporate,
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then, the said owner shall be a qualified elector at such election;
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(c) where the owner, on the 31st day of December in the qualifying year, of one or more qualified vessels is not, by virtue of paragraph (b) of this subsection, a qualified elector at such election, and the representative manager of the said owner was resident during the qualifying year, then, the said representative manager shall be a qualified elector at such election.”
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