Planning and Development Act 2024
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Membership of either House of Oireachtas, European Parliament or local authority | ||
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560. (1) Where the Planning Regulator or a member of the staff of the Office— | ||
(a) accepts a nomination 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) is elected or co-opted as a member of a local authority, | ||
he or she shall thereupon be deemed to have resigned from his or her office or position, as the case may be. | ||
(2) A person who is for the time being— | ||
(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, while he or she is so entitled under paragraph (a) or (c) or is such a member under paragraph (b), be disqualified from being the Planning Regulator or a member of the staff of the Office. |