Employment Equality Act, 1998
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Disqualification. |
43.—(1) Where a person who is the chairperson or an ordinary member of the Authority is— | |
(a) nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann, | ||
(b) elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or to the European Parliament, or | ||
(c) regarded pursuant to section 19 of the European Parliament Elections Act, 1997 , as having been elected to the European Parliament to fill a vacancy, | ||
the person shall thereupon cease to be chairperson or an ordinary member of the 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 who is a member of the European Parliament shall, while so entitled or such a member, be disqualified from becoming chairperson or an ordinary member of the Authority. | ||
(3) A person who is a member of the Authority shall be disqualified from holding and shall cease to hold office if that person is adjudged bankrupt or makes a composition or arrangement with creditors or, on conviction on indictment by a court of competent jurisdiction, is sentenced to imprisonment, or if he or she ceases to be ordinarily resident in the State. |