Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013

1. Interpretation.

1.— (1) In this Act “Minister” means the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.

(2) In the Schedule—

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

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

2. Number of members of Dáil Éireann.

2.— Dáil Éireann shall, after the dissolution thereof that next occurs after the passing of this Act, consist of 158 members.

3. Constituencies.

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

(2) An area specified in the Schedule shall be taken to be that area as constituted on 1 September 2012, but if any doubt arises as to the constituency in which any electoral division or part thereof, or any townland or part thereof, is included, the doubt shall, subject to section 1(2)(b), be determined by the Minister.

4. Number of members to be returned for a constituency.

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

5. Repeal.

5.— (1) Sections 2(2), 3, 4 and 5 of, and the Schedule to, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 are repealed.

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

6. Short title, collective citation and construction.

6.— (1) This Act may be cited as the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013.

(2) The Electoral Acts 1992 to 2012 and this Act shall be read together as one and this Act shall be included in the collective citation “Electoral Acts 1992 to 2013”.

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