European Assembly Elections Act, 1984
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Qualification of candidates, etc. |
2.—The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following section for section 7: | |
“7.—(1) A person who is not eligible to become a member of Dáil Éireann or who holds the office of Attorney General shall not be eligible for election under this Act to be a representative in the Assembly. | ||
(2) A person who is elected under this Act to be a representative in the Assembly or who pursuant to section 6 of the European Assembly Elections Act, 1984, is to be regarded as having been so elected, and who when so elected, or when he commences to be so regarded, holds the office of— | ||
(a) Chairman or Deputy Chairman of Dáil Éireann or Chairman or Deputy Chairman of Seanad Éireann, | ||
(b) Minister of State, | ||
shall on such election, or, in case he is to be so regarded, on the day on which he commences to be so regarded, cease to hold that office. | ||
(3) If while he is a representative in the Assembly a person— | ||
(a) becomes subject to any of the disqualifications applicable to membership of Dáil Éireann, or | ||
(b) becomes the holder of an office mentioned in subsections (1) or (2) of this section, | ||
he shall thereupon cease to be a representative in the Assembly.”. |