Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Act 2024

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Definitions

3. In this Act—

“Act of 1937” means the Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937 ;

“Advisory Committee” means the committee appointed by the Minister under section 24 ;

“central registration authority” shall be construed in accordance with section 8 ;

“chief registration officer” shall be construed in accordance with section 10 ;

“claimant” means a person who claims to be entitled to be registered as an elector in the Higher Education constituency;

“degree” means a degree (other than an honorary degree) which is at least at bachelor degree level;

“designated institution” means each of the following:

(a) the National University of Ireland;

(b) the University of Dublin;

(c) a “designated institution of higher education” within the meaning of the Higher Education Authority Act 2022 ;

“Higher Education constituency” has the meaning given to it by section 6 ;

“identifying particulars”, in relation to a person, means all or any of the following:

(a) the person’s name;

(b) the person’s former or other name or names, where applicable;

(c) the person’s date of birth;

(d) the person’s nationality;

(e) the address at which the person is normally resident;

(f) the address or addresses, where applicable, at which the person formerly resided;

(g) the person’s personal public service number, where applicable;

(h) the date of the person’s death, where applicable;

“interim period” means the period beginning on the 21st day of March 2025 and ending on the date of the first dissolution of the Dáil after that date;

“Minister” means the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage;

“the National University of Ireland” means the university by that name in Dublin, constituted and founded by charter under the Irish Universities Act 1908 ;

“personal public service number” has the meaning given to it by section 262 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 ;

“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations under this Act;

“qualifying particulars”, in relation to a person, means all or any of the following, where applicable:

(a) the person’s student number;

(b) the degree received by the person;

(c) the name of the institution that awarded the person a degree; and

(d) the year of the award of the person’s degree;

“register of electors” has the meaning given to it by section 9 ;

“relevant designated institution”, in relation to a person who claims to be entitled to be registered as an elector in the Higher Education constituency, means the designated institution referred to in section 7 (a).