77. The Electoral Act 1997 is amended—

(a) in section 2, in the definition of “political party”, by the substitution of “in accordance with Chapter 6 of Part 2 of the Electoral Reform Act 2022 ” for “in accordance with section 25 of the Act of 1992”,

(b) in section 16, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a)—

“(a) the party is registered in the Register of Political Parties in accordance with Chapter 6 of Part 2 of the Electoral Reform Act 2022 as a party organised (within the meaning of section 45 of that Act) in the State or in a part thereof specified in an application under that section to contest a Dáil election, and”,

(c) in section 22(2)(aa), in the definition of “third party”, by the substitution of “the Register of Political Parties under Chapter 6 of Part 2 of the Electoral Reform Act 2022,” for “the Register of Political Parties under Part III of the Electoral Act 1992,”, and

(d) in section 46(1), in the definition of “third party”, by the substitution of “in accordance with Chapter 6 of Part 2 of the Electoral Reform Act 2022 ” for “in accordance with section 25 of the Act of 1992”.