Competition Act, 2002

Disqualification.

36.—(1) Where a member of the Authority is—

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

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

(c) regarded pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to 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 the Authority.

(2) A person who is for the time being entitled—

(a) under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein, or

(b) under the rules of procedures of the European Parliament to sit therein,

shall, while so entitled, be disqualified from being a member of the Authority.

(3) A member of the Authority shall be disqualified from holding and shall cease to hold office if he or she is adjudicated bankrupt or makes a composition or arrangement with his or her creditors, or is sentenced by a court of competent jurisdiction to suffer any term of imprisonment.