All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.

Contents

• Commencement
• Amendments and other effects
• SIs made under the Act

Commencement

Section	Commencement Date	Commencement Information
Ss. 1-10	11 December 2006	Commenced on enactment
S.11	25 November 2006	S. 11(3)
Ss.12-20	11 December 2006	Commenced on enactment

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
Act included in collectively cited Electoral Acts	s. 20(2)
Act included in collectively cited European Parliament Elections Acts	s. 20(3)
Act included in collectively cited in Presidential Elections Acts	s. 20(4)
Act included in collectively cited in Local Elections Acts	s. 20(5)
Act included in collectively cited in Referendum Acts	s. 20(6)
Act included in collectively cited in Seanad Electoral (University Members) Acts	Electoral (Amendment) Act 2015 (62/2015), s. 6(2)
	s. 20(7)
Act included in collectively cited in Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Acts	Companies (Statutory Audits) Act 2018 (22/2018), s. 1(5), s. 20(8)
Functions transferred and references construed (Limerick)	7/2024, ss. 1(3), 10, 23, 25, 26, 28 & sch. 1 parts 1, 2
Terms "presidential elector" and "elector" construed	Electoral Act 1992 (23/1992), s. 7
Time at which person attains a particular age	Age of Majority Act 1985 (2/1985), s. 4
Ministerial power to make adaptations or modifications to collectively cited Acts provided	Electoral (Amendment) Act 2001 (38/2001), s. 48(1), (3)
Collectively cited Referendum Acts adapted and modified	Referendum (Special Difficulty) Order 1992 (S.I. No. 128 of 1992), arts. 3. 4
S. 1 amended	Prisons Act 2015 (No. 57 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 19
S. 2(1)(a) substituted	Electoral Reform Act 2022 (30/2022), ss. 1(5), 111
S. 3(1)(c) substituted	Electoral Reform Act 2022 (30/2022), ss. 1(5), 112
S. 5(1) amended	Electoral Reform Act 2022 (30/2022), ss. 1(5), 113
S.6(4)(a) latest date for receipt of applications prescribed	Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006 Registration of Electors (Entry in Postal Voters List) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 1 of 2007), art. 3
S.6(4)(b) notice period prescribed	Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006 Registration of Electors (Entry in Postal Voters List) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 1 of 2007), art. 2
S. 6(6) substituted	Electoral Reform Act 2022 (30/2022), ss. 1(5), 114
S. 15(1)(b) amended	Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 (7/2024), ss. 1(3), 43
S. 19 repealed	Electoral Reform Act 2022 (30/2022), ss. 1(5), 4(2)
S. 19 amended	Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 1(3), 205

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
Ss. 6(4) & 6(5)(b)	Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006 Registration of Electors (Entry in Postal Voters List) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 1 of 2007)