Membership of either House of Oireachtas, European Parliament or local authority, etc.

11.—(1) Where a commissioner—

(a) is nominated as a member of Seanad éireann,

(b) is elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or as a representative in 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 to fill a vacancy, or

(d) becomes a member of a local authority,

he or she shall thereupon cease to be a commissioner.

(2) 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 from becoming a commissioner.

(3) A person who is a member of a local authority shall be disqualified from becoming a commissioner.