Competition Act, 2002
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Disqualification. |
36.—(1) Where a member 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 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 the European Parliament, | ||
he or she shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Authority. | ||
(2) A person who is for the time being entitled— | ||
(a) under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein, or | ||
(b) under the rules of procedures of the European Parliament to sit therein, | ||
shall, while so entitled, be disqualified from being a member of the Authority. | ||
(3) A member of the Authority shall be disqualified from holding and shall cease to hold office if he or she is adjudicated bankrupt or makes a composition or arrangement with his or her creditors, or is sentenced by a court of competent jurisdiction to suffer any term of imprisonment. |