Minerals Development Act 2017
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Exclusion resulting from membership of either House of the Oireachtas, European Parliament or local authorities | ||
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157. (1) A person shall cease to be a member of the Mining Board where the person— | ||
(a) is, with the person’s consent, nominated as a candidate for election to either House of the Oireachtas or the European Parliament, | ||
(b) is elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or of the European Parliament, | ||
(c) is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann, | ||
(d) is regarded under Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 as having been elected to that Parliament to fill a vacancy, or | ||
(e) becomes a member of a local authority or is, with the person’s consent, nominated as a candidate for election as such a member. | ||
(2) A person who is for the time being entitled under the Standing Orders of either Houses 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 a member of the Mining Board. | ||
(3) A person who is a member of a local authority shall be disqualified from becoming a member of the Mining Board while he or she is a member of such local authority. |