European Parliament Elections Act 1997

Voting by persons in the employment of local returning officer.

60. F92[(1)] Where a European elector for a constituency is employed by a local returning officer for any purpose in connection with a European election for that constituency, and the circumstances of that elector’ s employment are, in the opinion of the local returning officer, such as to prevent the elector from voting at the polling station at which that elector would otherwise be entitled to vote, the elector may, if so authorised in writing by the local returning officer in such form as may be directed by the Minister, vote at such other polling station in the constituency as may be specified in the authorisation.

F92[(2) (a) Where a European elector is employed by a returning officer or a local returning officer for any purpose in connection with a European election and is registered to vote in a constituency, other than one in which the employment occurs, the elector shall, on application being made by him or her in that behalf, be entitled to have his or her name entered in F93[] the postal voters list F93[]. An application under this paragraph shall be made on a form directed by the Minister, and the local returning officer who is employing the person shall certify on the form that the person will be employed by him or her on polling day in connection with the election and will be unable to vote in person in the constituency at the polling station at which the European elector would otherwise be entitled to vote.

F94[(b) Rule 33 (other than paragraphs (6) and (7)) and Rule 34(1) and (2) of Part VI of the Second Schedule to the Act of 1992 shall apply to an application to be entered in the postal voters list under subparagraph (a) as if references to section 14 and to section 14(a), (b) or (c) were references to Rule 60(2)(a).]

F94[(c) Subsection (2) of section 14 of the Act of 1992 shall not apply to an application under this paragraph.]]

Annotations

Amendments:

F92

Inserted (1.11.2001) by Electoral (Amendment) Act 2001 (38/2001), s. 51(m)(a), (b), S.I. No. 497 of 2001.

F93

Deleted (13.10.2022) by Electoral Reform Act 2022 (30/2022), s. 115(c)(i)(I), (II), S.I. No. 512 of 2022.

F94

Substituted (13.10.2022) by Electoral Reform Act 2022 (30/2022), s. 115(c)(ii), (iii), S.I. No. 512 of 2022.