Electoral Act, 1963
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Year of election. |
81.—(1) (a) An election of members of every local authority shall be held in the year 1965 and quinquennially thereafter. | |
(b) Nothing in this subsection shall affect Part IV of the Local Government Act, 1941 , or any order made under that Part. | ||
(2) Elections pursuant to this section shall be known as local elections. | ||
(3) In the Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 1962, and in any order or regulation made thereunder, and in the Agriculture Acts, 1931 to 1958, “election year” shall, in lieu of having the meaning which it had immediately before the commencement of this section, mean any year in which local elections are held. | ||
(4) The following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (2) of section 9 of the Harbours Act, 1946 : | ||
“(2) In addition to the first election year, every year thereafter which is a year in which elections of members of councils of counties are held pursuant to section 2 of the Local Elections Act, 1948 (No. 8 of 1948), section 2 of the Local Elections Act, 1953 (No. 15 of 1953), or section 81 of the Electoral Act, 1963, shall be an election year in respect of a harbour authority.” | ||
(5) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of the Local Elections Act, 1953 — | ||
(a) “quinquennially” and “five” shall continue to stand substituted for “triennially” and “three” in subsection (3) of section 10 of the School Attendance Act, 1926 , | ||
(b) “quinquennial” shall continue to stand substituted for “triennial” wherever the latter word occurs in subsection (4) of that section, | ||
(c) “quinquennial meeting” shall continue to stand substituted for “triennial meeting” in the Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 1950, and in any order or regulation made thereunder, | ||
(d) “five years” shall continue to stand substituted for “three years” in subsection (2) of section 45 of the Local Government Act, 1941 . | ||
(6) Any reference in any statute, order or regulation in force immediately before the passing of the Local Elections Act, 1953 , to a triennial election of members of a board, committee or other body, all or any of the members of which are required by law to be appointed by a local authority following an election of the members of such authority shall be construed as a reference to a quinquennial election. |