Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Act, 1998

Membership of either House of Oireachtas or European Parliament.

33.—(1) Where a director of the company or a subsidiary of the company is—

(a) nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann,

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

(c) regarded pursuant to section 19 of the European Parliament Elections Act, 1997 , as having been elected to such Parliament to fill a vacancy,

he or she shall thereupon cease to be a director of the company or subsidiary of the company, as the case may be.

(2) Where a person employed by the company or a subsidiary of the company is—

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

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

(c) regarded pursuant to section 19 of the European Parliament Elections Act, 1997 , as having been elected to such Parliament to fill a vacancy,

he or she shall thereupon stand seconded from employment by the company or subsidiary of the company, as the case may be, and shall not be paid by, or be entitled to receive from, the company or subsidiary of the company any remuneration or allowances in respect of the period commencing on such nomination or election, or when he or she is so regarded as having been elected (as the case may be), and ending when such person ceases to be a member of either 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 who is a member of the European Parliament shall, while he or she is so entitled or is such a member, be disqualified from becoming a director of the company or a subsidiary of the company or from employment in any capacity by the company or a subsidiary of the company.

(4) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), that subsection shall be construed as prohibiting the reckoning of a period therein mentioned as service with the company or a subsidiary of the company for the purposes of any pensions, gratuities or other allowances payable on resignation, retirement or death.