Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Act 2023

Chief executive

53. (1) The chief executive shall leave office if—

(a) nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann,

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

(c) elected to be a member of the European Parliament,

(d) regarded pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 as having been elected to be a member of the European Parliament, or

(e) elected or co-opted as a member of a local authority.

(2) A person is disqualified from being appointed as chief executive while—

(a) nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann,

(b) entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit in the House,

(c) a member of the European Parliament, or

(d) entitled under the standing orders of a local authority to sit as a member of the authority.

(3) In this section “local authority” has the meaning given by section 2 (1) of the Local Government Act 2001 .