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PART 3
Register of Electors
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Provisions regarding register of electors due to come into force in 2014
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19. The Act of 1992 is amended by inserting the following section after section 6:
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“6A. (1) Notwithstanding the definition of ‘registration area’ in section 6, for the purposes of the preparation and publication of the register of electors that is due to come into force on 15 February 2014 pursuant to this Act—
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(a) Limerick County and Limerick City shall be deemed to be one registration area, which shall be referred to in this section as the ‘Limerick registration area’,
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(b) North Tipperary County and South Tipperary County shall be deemed to be one registration area, which shall be referred to in this section as the ‘Tipperary registration area’, and
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(c) Waterford County and Waterford City shall be deemed to be one registration area, which shall be referred to in this section as the ‘Waterford registration area’,
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and references in this Act or an instrument under this Act to a registration area shall, to the extent that such references relate to the purposes specified in this subsection, be construed in accordance with this subsection.
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(2) Notwithstanding the definition of ‘registration authority’ in section 6, for the purposes of the preparation and publication of the register of electors that is due to come into force on 15 February 2014 pursuant to this Act—
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(a) Limerick County Council shall be the registration authority for the Limerick registration area,
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(b) South Tipperary County Council shall be the registration authority for the Tipperary registration area, and
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(c) Waterford County Council shall be the registration authority for the Waterford registration area,
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and references in this Act or an instrument under this Act to a registration authority shall, to the extent that such references relate to the purposes specified in this subsection, be construed in accordance with this subsection.”.
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