Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1999
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Amendment of First Schedule to Principal Act. |
17.—The First Schedule to the Principal Act is hereby amended— | |
(a) in paragraph 2— | ||
(i) by the insertion in subparagraph (a) of “and six months” after “five years”, and | ||
(ii) by the insertion in subparagraph (b)(ii) of “or that constituency as altered by virtue of an order under section 2 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1956 ” after “for such constituency”, | ||
(b) in paragraph 7— | ||
(i) by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (2): | ||
“(2) A member of an tÚdarás shall be disqualified for holding and shall cease to hold office if he or she— | ||
(a) is adjudged bankrupt or makes a composition with his or her creditors, | ||
(b) is convicted of an indictable offence in relation to a company, | ||
(c) is convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty, whether in relation to a company or not, | ||
(d) is the subject of an order under section 160 of the Companies Act, 1990 , | ||
(e) is undergoing a sentence of imprisonment for any term exceeding 6 months imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction in the State, | ||
(f) ceases to be ordinarily resident in the State, | ||
(g) is convicted of an offence under section 15, or | ||
(h) is convicted of an offence under section 15A.”, | ||
and | ||
(ii) by the substitution of the following subparagraphs for subparagraphs (3) and (4): | ||
“(3) Where a member (other than an elected member) of an tÚdarás is— | ||
(a) nominated as a member of Seanad éireann, | ||
(b) elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or to be a representative in the European Parliament, or | ||
(c) regarded pursuant to section 19 of the European Parliament Elections Act, 1997 , as having been elected to the European Parliament, | ||
he or she shall thereupon cease to be a member of an tÚdarás. | ||
(4) 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 representative in the European Parliament shall, while he or she is so entitled or is such a representative, be disqualified for being a member (other than an elected member) of an tÚdarás.”. | ||
and | ||
(c) by the substitution in paragraph 11 of “any committee (being a regional committee or other committee established under section 10A or the Evaluation Committee) or subcommittee of an tÚdarás” for “any sub-committee of an tÚdarás”. |