Reform history

**1**.— In this Act “Act of 1999” means the Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999.

**2**.— Section 2 of the Act of 1999 is amended by—

“ ‘local election’ means an election under Part 4 of the Local Government Act 2001;”.

**3**.— Section 6 of the Act of 1999 is amended—

“(*a*) all election expenses incurred by or on behalf of a political party or a candidate at any time during the period specified by the Minister by order under section 12B (inserted by *section 4* of the *Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2009*);”.

**4**.— The Act of 1999 is amended by inserting the following Part after Part III:

“PART IIIA

Limitation of election expenses at local election.

(*b*) the polling day at the local election concerned, as the date on which the period shall end.”.

**5**.— Section 19 of the Act of 1999 is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3):

as contained in the statements and declarations furnished to it pursuant to section 13.”.

**6**.— Section 19C (inserted by section 58(*m*) of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2001) of the Act of 1999 is amended, in subsection (1), by inserting “12A,” before “19A”.

**7**.— Section 20(5) of the Act of 1999 is amended by inserting “or section 21(3A) (inserted by *section 8* of the *Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2009*)” after “subsection (4)”.

**8**.— Section 21 of the Act of 1999 is amended—

“(ii) where the offence is an offence to which subsection (1)(*b*), (2)(*b*), (3)(*c*), (3A) (inserted by *section 8(c)* of the *Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2009*), (4A)(*b*), or (4B)(*d*) relates, he or she shall be liable on conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding €25,000 or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 3 years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.”.

**9**.— Section 19 of the Litter Pollution Act 1997 is amended by substituting the following subsection for subsection (7):

(*e*) relates to a referendum, within the meaning of the Referendum Act 1994, unless the advertisement has been in place prior to the making of an order by the Minister appointing the day upon which the poll shall be taken, or for 7 days or more after the latest day upon which the poll was taken.”.

**10**.— (1) This Act may be cited as the Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2009.

(3) The Local Elections Acts 1974 to 2009 and this Act (other than *section 9*) shall be read together as one and this Act shall be included in the collective citation “Local Elections Acts 1974 to 2009”.

(4) The Litter Pollution Acts 1997 to 2003 and *section 9*, may be cited together as the Litter Pollution Acts 1997 to 2009, and shall be read together as one.