Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act, 1997
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Membership of either House of Oireachtas or European Parliament. |
38.—(1) Where the Chairperson or an ordinary director of the Executive Board— | |
(a) accepts nomination as a member of Seanad Éireann, or | ||
(b) is elected to either House of the Oireachtas or to the European Parliament, or | ||
(c) is regarded pursuant to section 19 of the European Parliament Elections Act, 1997 , as having been elected to such Parliament to fill a vacancy, | ||
that person shall thereupon cease to be the Chairperson or ordinary director of the Executive Board, as the case may be. | ||
(2) Where a person employed by the Authority— | ||
(a) accepts nomination as a member of Seanad Éireann, or | ||
(b) is elected to either House of the Oireachtas or to the European Parliament, or | ||
(c) is regarded pursuant to section 19 of the European Parliament Elections Act, 1997 , as having been elected to such Parliament to fill a vacancy, | ||
the person shall thereupon stand seconded from employment by the Authority and shall not be paid by, or be entitled to receive from, the Authority any remuneration or allowances in respect of the period commencing on such acceptance, or election, as the case may be, and ending when the person ceases to be a member of either such House or such Parliament. | ||
(3) A person who is for the time being entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein or is a member of the European Parliament shall, while the person is so entitled or is such a member, be disqualified from becoming the Chairperson or an ordinary director of the Executive Board or becoming employed by the Authority. | ||
(4) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), that subsection shall be construed as prohibiting, inter alia, the reckoning of a period mentioned in that subsection as service with the Authority for the purposes of any superannuation benefits. |