Electoral Act, 1992
|
Registration duties. |
20.—(1) It shall be the duty of each registration authority to prepare and publish the register of electors in accordance with the provisions of the Second Schedule . | |
(2) The Minister may, by regulations, amend the provisions of the Second Schedule whenever and as often as he thinks fit. | ||
(3) Where regulations under this section are proposed to be made, a draft thereof shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and the regulations shall not be made until a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House. | ||
(4) (a) The Minister shall procure all printing or other reproduction required for registration purposes to be done in such manner as he considers proper. | ||
(b) The Minister may, by arrangements made with the sanction of the Minister for Finance, secure that three quarters of the total cost of preparing and publishing the register of electors shall be borne by the State and, subject to the foregoing, the cost shall be borne by registration authorities. | ||
(5) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection (4), where, in the opinion of the Minister, there are reasonable grounds for doing so, he may cause a greater proportion of the total cost of preparing and publishing the register to be borne by a registration authority than provided for in the said paragraph (b). | ||
(b) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a), the Minister may under this subsection cause a greater proportion of the cost of preparing and publishing the registerto be borne by the registration authority than that provided for under subsection (4) if in his opinion— | ||
(i) there is undue delay attributable to the registration authority in the publication of the draft register or the register or the list of claims, or | ||
(ii) there are deficiencies attributable to the registration authority in the register. | ||
(c) Where the Minister proposes under this subsection to cause a greater proportion of the cost of preparing and publishing the register to be borne by the registration authority than provided for under subsection (4), he shall cause the reason for doing so to be furnished to the registration authority. |