Dublin Transport Authority Act, 1986
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Membership of House of Oireachtas, etc. |
16.—(1) Where any officer (including the chief executive) or servant of the Authority is— | |
(a) nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann, or | ||
(b) elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or of the Assembly of the European Communities, or | ||
(c) regarded pursuant to section 15 (inserted by the European Assembly Elections Act, 1984 ) of the European Assembly Elections Act, 1977 , as having been elected to such Assembly to fill a vacancy, or | ||
(d) elected to or co-opted onto a local authority all or part of whose functional area is within the functional area of the Authority, | ||
he shall thereupon stand seconded from employment by the Authority and shall not be paid by, or be entitled to receive from, the Authority any remuneration or allowances— | ||
(i) in case he is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann or is so regarded as having been elected to such Assembly in respect of the period commencing on such nomination or having been so regarded, as the case may be, and ending when he ceases to be a member of Seanad Éireann or such Assembly, | ||
(ii) in case he is elected as a member of either such House or of such Assembly or of such local authority in respect of the period commencing on such election and ending when he ceases to be a member of that House or that Assembly or that local authority, as the case may be, | ||
(iii) in case he is co-opted onto a local authority all or part of whose functional area is within the functional area of the Authority in respect of the period commencing on his co-option and ending when he ceases to be a member of that local authority. | ||
(2) A person who is for the time being entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein or is a member of a local authority or of the Assembly shall, while he is so entitled or is such a member, be disqualified from becoming an officer or servant of the Authority. | ||
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), that subsection shall be construed as prohibiting, inter alia, the reckoning of a period mentioned in paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii) of that subsection as service with the Authority for the purposes of any pensions, gratuities, or other allowances payable on retirement or death. |