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PART 3
Amendments to Act of 1937 in Relation to Higher Education Constituency
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Amendment of Act of 1937 in relation to conduct of elections in Higher Education constituency
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27. (1) The Act of 1937 is amended—
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(a) in section 3, by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “Seanad general election”:
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“ ‘Seanad general election’ means so much of a general election of members of Seanad Éireann held in pursuance of Article 18 of the Constitution as relates to the election of those members who are required by the said Article 18 to be elected by universities or any other institutions of higher education in the State;”,
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(b) by the repeal of—
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(i) section 8,
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(ii) section 9,
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(iii) section 10,
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(iv) section 11,
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(v) the First Schedule,
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(c) by the substitution of “the Higher Education constituency” for “a university constituency” in each place where it occurs,
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(d) in section 12, by the substitution of “the Higher Education constituency” for “university constituencies” in the 3 places where it occurs,
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(e) by the substitution of the following section for section 14:
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“14. (1) At every election in the Higher Education constituency the Vice Chancellor of the National University of Ireland shall be the returning officer.
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(2) If at the time of an election in the Higher Education constituency the office of the Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Ireland is vacant, or the holder of that office is through ill-health or from any other cause incapacitated from acting as returning officer in such election, the governing body of the National University of Ireland shall appoint some other officer of that university to be returning officer for such constituency in such election.”,
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(f) in section 15, in subsection (2), by the substitution of “the returning officer” for “returning officers in university constituencies”,
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(g) in section 25, by the substitution of “the Higher Education constituency” for “university constituencies” in both places where it occurs,
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(h) in section 26, in subsection (1), by the substitution of “the Higher Education constituency” for “university constituencies”,
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(i) in section 28A, by the deletion of subsection (2),
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(j) by the repeal of section 31, and
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(k) in section 32, by the substitution of “higher education member” for “university member” in each place where it occurs.
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