Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024
Regulations | ||
49. (1) The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of this Part. | ||
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations under this section may make provision in relation to any one or more of the following: | ||
(a) the form of the ballot paper in respect of a plebiscite, including the wording of the proposal to be included on the ballot paper; | ||
(b) arrangements and requirements relating to the publication of notices and the provision of information to electors; | ||
(c) the appointment of the returning officer for the purposes of a plebiscite, his or her duties and the assignment of staff to him or her for the purposes of the plebiscite; | ||
(d) the taking of the poll and the counting (including recounting) of votes in a plebiscite; | ||
(e) the use of school premises and other premises to which the public ordinarily have access for purposes connected with a plebiscite; | ||
(f) arrangements for— | ||
(i) voting at a plebiscite in person or by post, | ||
(ii) special voting at a plebiscite, and | ||
(iii) voting at a plebiscite by persons who are members of the staff of the returning officer; | ||
(g) voting at a plebiscite by electors who are physically ill or physically disabled; | ||
(h) polling at a plebiscite on islands forming part of the administrative area to which the plebiscite applies; | ||
(i) the issue of polling information cards; | ||
(j) the maintenance of the secrecy of the ballot; | ||
(k) the removal of persons misconducting themselves in polling stations; | ||
(l) procedures to be followed in cases of disorder or obstruction at polling stations or otherwise in relation to the holding of a plebiscite; | ||
(m) procedures to be followed in the case of damage to ballot boxes or damage to a polling station; | ||
(n) arrangements to prevent interference with ballot boxes or ballot papers and procedures to be followed should such interference occur or be suspected of having occurred; | ||
(o) modifications of the provisions specified in section 50 for the purposes of that section; | ||
(p) such other matters relating to the holding of a plebiscite as the Minister considers appropriate. | ||
(3) Where regulations under this section are proposed to be made, a draft of the regulations shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and the regulations shall not be made until a resolution approving the draft has been passed by each such House. |