86. Section 13 of the Act of 1992 is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) A register, by reference to registration areas, of persons entitled to be registered as electors shall be maintained in accordance with this Part and the Second Schedule and, in so far as it relates to presidential electors, it shall be the register of presidential electors, in so far as it relates to Dáil electors, it shall be the register of Dáil electors, in so far as it relates to European electors, it shall be the register of European electors and, in so far as it relates to persons entitled to vote at local elections, it shall be the register of local government electors.”,

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):

“(1A) The register prepared and published under this section by each registration authority for the registration area of that registration authority that was in force immediately before the coming into operation of section 86 of the Electoral Reform Act 2022 shall continue in force on and after that coming into operation and shall, after such coming into operation, be maintained and published in accordance with section 20.”,

(c) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):

“(2) Subject to subsection (5), the name of a person who has submitted an application for entry in the register on or after the fourteenth day before polling day (disregarding any excluded day) and ending on polling day shall not be included in the register in force and published before polling day at that election or referendum.”,

(d) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “register of electors maintained for the purposes of this Part” for “the draft register prepared for the purposes of this Part, or the electors lists prepared, under section 16, by a registration authority the subject of a direction under that section”, and

(e) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4):

“(5) Subject to section 15E and without prejudice to anything required to be done under section 20, each registration authority shall, as soon as practicable after the fourteenth day before polling day (disregarding any excluded day) at an election or a referendum—

(a) publish the register, and

(b) publish a list of the names of electors added to the register, from the date of the making of the polling day order in respect of that election or referendum.”.