STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

S.I. No. 68 of 2002

SEANAD ELECTORAL (PANEL MEMBERS) (PRESCRIBED FORMS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2002

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S.I. No. 68 of 2002

SEANAD ELECTORAL (PANEL MEMBERS) (PRESCRIBED FORMS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2002

The Minister for the Environment and Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5 of the Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act, 1947 , ( No. 42 of 1947 ) and section 57 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 2001 , ( No. 38 of 2000 ) hereby makes the following Regulations:-

1.       These Regulations may be cited as the Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations, 2002.

2.       The Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) (Prescribed Forms) Regulations, 1954 ( S.I. No. 91 of 1954 ), the Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations, 1972 ( S.I. No. 202 of 1972 ), the Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations, 2000 ( S.I. No. 291 of 2000 ) and these Regulations shall be construed as one and may be cited together as the Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) (Prescribed Forms) Regulations, 1954 to 2002.

3.       The Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) (Prescribed Forms) Regulations, 1954 are hereby amended

(a)      by the insertion of the following article after Article 2 --

“2A      (i)      A photograph of a candidate at a Seanad general election or Seanad bye-election intended for inclusion on a ballot paper shall be delivered to the returning officer with the nomination paper in accordance with the requirements specified in Part 1 of the Schedule hereto.

(ii)      Where the requirements referred to in subarticle (1) are not complied with, the returning officer may not include the photograph on the ballot paper.

(iii)     Where the nomination paper is not accompanied by a photograph, the space provided on the ballot paper for a candidate's photograph shall remain blank.”

(b)      by the substitution of forms No. 9 and 21 in Part 2 of the Schedule hereto for forms No. 9 and 21 in the Schedule to the said Regulations.

SCHEDULE

Part 1

1.       Two identical copies of the photograph (75mm × 100mm) must be delivered with the candidate's nomination paper.

2.       A photograph may be delivered to the returning officer in digitised format on disk (two copies) along with two identical paper copies (75mm × 100mm).

3.       The photograph must be of good quality and in colour showing the candidate's full face, head and shoulders only on a light background and taken to a professional standard.

4.       The photograph must have been taken not more than twelve months prior to the date of the election.

5.       The back of the photograph must be white and unglazed.

6.       Each copy of the photograph must have the candidate's name clearly printed on the back.

Part 2

Form No. 9

FORM OF BALLOT PAPER

(Front of Paper)

Seanad General Election Ballot Paper

.................................................... Panel

Poll Closes at ..............................................

(insert time and date)

(Back of Paper)

No. ............................................................ ............................................................ ......

Seanad General Election for the ............................................................ .................. Panel

(Front of Counterfoil)

Counterfoil No. ............................................................ .....................................................

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Form No. 21

FORM OF BALLOT PAPER

(Front of Paper)

Seanad Bye-Election Ballot Paper

............................................................ ... Panel

........................................................ Sub-Panel

Poll Closes at ..................................................

(insert time and date)

(Back of Paper)

No. ............................................................ ............................................................ ......

Seanad Bye-Election ............................................................ ................................... Panel

............................................................ .............................................. Sub-Panel Vacancy

(Front of Counterfoil)

Counterfoil No. ............................................................ .....................................................

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Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

These Regulations amend the Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) (Prescribed Matters) Regulations, 1954 as amended by the Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations, 2000 by prescribing revised forms of ballot papers for use at Seanad panel elections and bye-elections to provide for the inclusion of photographs of candidates on the ballot papers.