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Members of Authority.
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4.—(1) The members of the Authority shall be appointed by the Government and shall be not less than seven and not more than nine in number.
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(2) The period of office of a member of the Authority shall be such period, not exceeding five years, as the Government may determine when appointing him.
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(3) A member of the Authority whose term of office expires by effluxion of time shall be eligible for re-appointment.
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(4) A member of the Authority may at any time resign his office as member by letter sent to the Government, and the resignation shall take effect on receipt of the letter.
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(5) Where a member of the Authority is nominated either as a candidate for election to either House of the Oireachtas or as a member of Seanad Eireann, he shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Authority.
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(6) A person who is for the time being entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein shall, while so entitled, be disqualified from becoming a member of the Authority.
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