Planning and Development Act 2024
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Membership of either House of Oireachtas, European Parliament or local authority | ||
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531. (1) Where a Planning Commissioner— | ||
(a) is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann, | ||
(b) is elected to be a member of either House of the Oireachtas or to be a member of the European Parliament, | ||
(c) is regarded pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 as having been elected to the European Parliament, or | ||
(d) becomes a member of a local authority, | ||
he or she shall thereupon cease to be a Planning Commissioner. | ||
(2) Where a member of the Governing Board, or a member of the staff of the Commission (including the chief executive officer)— | ||
(a) is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann, | ||
(b) is elected to be a member of either House of the Oireachtas or to be a member of the European Parliament, | ||
(c) is regarded pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 as having been elected to the European Parliament, or | ||
(d) becomes a member of a local authority, | ||
he or she shall thereupon be deemed to stand seconded from his or her office or position, as the case may be, and shall not be paid by, or be entitled to receive from, the Commission any remuneration or allowances for expenses in respect of the period commencing on such nomination or election or when he or she is so regarded as having been elected or on becoming such a member, and ending when he or she ceases to be a member of either such House, a member of such Parliament or a member of the local authority. | ||
(3) A person who is— | ||
(a) entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein, | ||
(b) a member of the European Parliament, or | ||
(c) entitled under the Standing Orders of a local authority to sit as a member thereof, | ||
shall be ineligible for appointment as a Planning Commissioner, a member of the Governing Board, or a member of the staff of the Commission (including the chief executive officer). |