Children's Health Act 2018
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Membership of either House of Oireachtas or European Parliament or local authority | ||
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20. (1) Where a member of the Board or a committee of the Board is— | ||
(a) nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann, | ||
(b) elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas, the European Parliament or a local authority, 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 member of the Board or of a committee of the Board. | ||
(2) Where the Chief Executive Officer is— | ||
(a) nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann, | ||
(b) elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas, the European Parliament or a local authority, 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 Chief Executive Officer. | ||
(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 or a local authority shall, while he or she is so entitled or is such a member, be disqualified for membership of the Board or a committee of the Board. | ||
(4) In this section “Act of 1997” means the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 . |