National College of Art and Design Act, 1971

Membership of either House of Oireachtas by officer or servant of An Bord.

19.—(1) Where a person, who is either an officer or a servant in the employment of An Bord, becomes a member of either House of the Oireachtas—

(a) he shall during the period (in this section referred to as the secondment period) commencing upon his becoming entitled under the Standing Orders of that House to sit therein and ending either when he ceases to be a member of that House, or, if it should sooner happen, upon his resignation or retirement from such employment or upon the termination of such employment by An Bord, stand seconded from such employment;

(b) he shall not be paid by, or entitled to receive from, An Bord any remuneration in respect of the secondment period.

(2) A person who is for the time being entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein shall, while so entitled, be disqualified from becoming an officer or servant of An Bord.