National Lottery Act, 1986
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Membership of either House of Oireachtas or of Assembly of European Communities by directors or staff of Company. |
15.—(1) Where a director of the Company 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, | ||
he shall thereupon cease to be a director of the Company. | ||
(2) Where a person who is a member of the staff of the Company 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, | ||
he shall thereupon stand seconded from employment by the Company and shall not be paid by, or be entitled to receive from, the Company 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 in respect of the period commencing on such election and ending when he ceases to be a member of that House or that Assembly, as the case may be. | ||
(3) 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 the Assembly shall, while he is so entitled or is such a member, be disqualified from becoming a member of the staff of the Company. | ||
(4) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), that subsection shall be construed as prohibiting, inter alia, the reckoning of a period mentioned in paragraph (i) or (ii) of that subsection as service with the Company for the purposes of any pensions, gratuities, or other allowances payable on retirement or death. |