Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 2001

Amendment of section 23 of Act of 1997.

3.—Section 23 of the Act of 1997 is amended by the insertion after subsection (1) of the following subsection:

“(1A) A person who is, for the time being—

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

(b) a member of the European Parliament, or

(c) a member of a local authority,

shall be disqualified from being appointed as the Chairperson or member of the Board.”.