Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Act 2023
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Staff of regulator | ||
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54. (1) Subsection (2) applies where a member of staff of the regulator is— | ||
(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) Where this subsection applies, the member of staff— | ||
(a) is deemed to have been seconded from employment by the regulator, and | ||
(b) is not to be paid remuneration or allowances by the regulator. | ||
(3) A person may not be appointed as a member of staff of the regulator 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. | ||
(4) In this section “local authority” has the meaning given by section 2 (1) of the Local Government Act 2001 . |