Electoral (Amendment) Act , 1995

1 Interpretation.

1.—(1) In this Act “the Minister” means the Minister for the Environment.

(2) In the Schedule to this Act—

(a) a reference to a former rural district shall be construed as a reference to that district as constituted immediately before the 1st day of October, 1925; and

(b) a reference to a line drawn along any road or canal shall be construed as a reference to a line drawn along the centre of such road or canal.

2 Number of members of Dáil Éireann.

2.—Dáil Éireann shall, after the dissolution thereof which next occurs after the passing of this Act, consist of 166 members.

3 Constituencies.

3.—(1) The members of Dáil Éireann shall, after the dissolution of Dáil Éireann which next occurs after the passing of this Act, represent the constituencies specified in the Schedule to this Act.

(2) An area specified in the Schedule to this Act shall be taken to be that area as constituted on the 1st day of January, 1995, but if any doubt arises as to the constituency in which any townland or part thereof, any road or street or part thereof, or any part of a ward, is included, the doubt shall, subject to section 1 (2) (b) of this Act, be determined by the Minister.

4 Number of members to be returned for a constituency.

4.—A constituency specified in the Schedule to this Act shall return the number of members set out in respect thereof in the third column of that Schedule.

5 Repeal.

5.—(1) The Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1990, is hereby repealed.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall come into operation on the dissolution of Dáil Éireann which next occurs after the passing of this Act.

6 Short title, construction and collective citation.

6.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1995.

(2) This Act and the Electoral Act, 1992 shall be construed together as one Act and may be cited together as the Electoral Acts, 1992 and 1995.

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