Adventure Activities Standards Authority Act, 2001
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Membership of either House of Oireachtas or of European Parliament by members or staff of Authority. |
24.—(1) Where a member of the Authority is— | |
(a) nominated as a member of Seanad Eireann, or | ||
(b) nominated as a candidate for election to either House of the Oireachtas or to the European Parliament, or | ||
(c) regarded, pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act, 1997 , as having been elected to such parliament to fill a vacancy, | ||
he or she shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Authority. | ||
(2) Where a person employed by the Authority is— | ||
(a) nominated as a member of Seanad Eireann, or | ||
(b) nominated as a candidate for election to either House of the Oireachtas or to the European Parliament, or | ||
(c) regarded, pursuant to the said Part XIII as having been elected to the European Parliament to fill a vacancy, | ||
he or she shall thereupon stand seconded from employment with the Authority and shall not be paid by, or be entitled to receive from, the Authority any remuneration or allowances in respect of the period commencing on such nomination or election or when he or she is so regarded as having been elected, as the case may be, and ending when he or she ceases to be a member of either such House or such Parliament. | ||
(3) 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 he or she is so entitled or is such a member, be disqualified from becoming a member of the Authority or the staff of the Authority. | ||
(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 that subsection as service with the Authority for the purposes of any superannuation benefits. |