Defence (Amendment) Act 2024

Amendment of section 48 of Principal Act

6. Section 48 of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (6):

“(6) An officer shall relinquish his or her commission if he or she—

(a) is elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or the European Parliament,

(b) is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann, or

(c) is regarded under Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 as having been elected to the European Parliament.”.