European Parliament (Irish Constituency Members) Act 2009

Disqualification of members for membership of, or employment by, certain bodies.

4.— (1) In this section “specified body” means a body specified in the Schedule .

(2) A person who is elected to be a member at the 2009 European election and who is either a member of, or a director on the board of, a specified body shall, on the signing by the chief returning officer at the election of the return required by Rule 94 of Schedule 2 to the Act of 1997, cease to be such member or director, as the case may be.

(3) Where a person who is either a member of, or a director on the board of, a body which is a specified body is validly nominated as a candidate for election to, or where a replacement candidate is regarded as having been elected under the Act of 1997 to be a member of, the Parliament, he or she shall on such nomination, or as soon as he or she is regarded as having been so elected, cease to be such a member or director, as the case may be.

(4) A person who is for the time being a member of the Parliament shall be disqualified for being a member of, a director on the board of, any body which is a specified body or an officer or servant of any such body.

(5) Where a person who is either an officer or servant of any body which is a specified body is validly nominated for election as a candidate for election to, or where a replacement candidate is regarded as having been elected under the Act of 1997, to be a member of, the Parliament, he or she shall stand seconded from employment by the body and shall not be paid by or be entitled to receive from the body any remuneration or allowances in respect of the period commencing on—

(a) in case the candidate is so nominated at the 2009 European election, the signing by the chief returning officer at the election of the return referred to in subsection (2),

(b) in case the candidate is so nominated at any other European election, on such nomination,

(c) in case the replacement candidate is so regarded as having been elected at the 2009 European election or at any other European election, on his or her having been so regarded,

and ending when he or she withdraws his or her candidature, fails to be elected or ceases to be a member of the Parliament.