Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024

Effect of election as Mayor at mayoral by-election on membership of local authority

11. (1) Subject to subsection (1) of section 17 , a person who, while being a member of a local authority, is elected in circumstances to which subsection (3) of section 13 applies by way of mayoral by-election to the office of Mayor shall, notwithstanding section 17 of the Principal Act, upon the day immediately following the day on which the returning officer declares under subparagraph (2) of paragraph 29 or paragraph 54 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 the result of the poll at the mayoral by-election concerned, cease to be such a member.

(2) Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 17 of the Principal Act shall not apply to a person who, at the same time, is elected to the office of Mayor and as a member of a local authority.