State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014
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Membership of Houses of Oireachtas or European Parliament | ||
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24. (1) Where a director of Shannon Group or a subsidiary of Shannon Group is— | ||
(a) nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann, | ||
(b) elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or to be a member of the European Parliament, or | ||
(c) regarded pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the Act of 1997 as having been elected to that Parliament, | ||
he or she shall thereupon cease to be a director of Shannon Group or any subsidiary of Shannon Group, as the case may be. | ||
(2) Where a person employed by Shannon Group or a subsidiary of Shannon Group is— | ||
(a) nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann, | ||
(b) elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or to be a member of the European Parliament, or | ||
(c) regarded pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the Act of 1997 as having been elected to that Parliament, | ||
he or she shall thereupon stand seconded from employment by Shannon Group or any subsidiary of Shannon Group, as the case may be, and shall not be paid by, or be entitled to receive from, Shannon Group or any subsidiary of Shannon Group 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 such person ceases to be a member of either 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 director of Shannon Group or a subsidiary of Shannon Group or from employment in any capacity by Shannon Group or a subsidiary of Shannon Group. | ||
(4) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2) , that subsection shall be construed as prohibiting the reckoning of a period therein mentioned as service with the company or a subsidiary of the company for the purposes of any pensions, gratuities or other allowances payable on resignation, retirement or death. | ||
(5) In this section “Act of 1997” means European Parliament Elections Act 1997 . |