Electoral Act, 1992
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PART II Franchise and Registration of Electors | ||
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Interpretation (Part II). |
6.—In this Part, and in the Second Schedule — | |
“constituency” means, as the context may require, a constituency for which candidates may be elected at a Dáil election or a European election; | ||
“Dáil constituency” means a constituency for which candidates may be elected at a Dáil election; | ||
“elector” means, as the context may require, a presidential elector, a Dáil elector, a European elector or a local government elector; | ||
“local authority” means the council of a county, the corporation of a county or other borough, the council of an urban district and the commissioners of a town; | ||
“medical practitioner” means a person whose name is entered in the General Register of Medical Practitioners established under the Medical Practitioners Act, 1978 ; | ||
“polling district” means a polling district in a scheme in force under section 28 ; | ||
“the register” means, as the context may require, the register of presidential, Dáil, European and local government electors or the register of presidential electors or the register of Dáil electors or the register of European electors or the register of local government electors and, where the context so requires, includes the supplement to the register, the postal voters list and the special voters list; | ||
“registration area” means an administrative county or county borough; | ||
“registration authority” means the council of a county or the corporation of a county borough; | ||
“the county registrar” means the county registrar for the county, county borough or other area coterminous with or contained in a registration area or a person appointed or designated under Rule 24 of the Second Schedule to perform the duties of a county registrar; | ||
“qualifying date” has the meaning assigned to it in section 11 (2); | ||
“the specified date” means, in relation to any purpose, the date specified in the Second Schedule as the specified date for that purpose. |