Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1973

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Amendment of section 13 of Principal Act.

15.—Section 13 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by—

(a) the addition to the definition of “ministerial office” of the following paragraph:

“(g) the office of Attorney General;”,

(b) the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4):

“(5) Where a person held the office of Attorney General during a particular period, including a period which commenced before the coming into force of this subsection, and at any time in that period engaged in private practice as a barrister or held any position or other office of emolument, other than membership of the Oireachtas, for the purposes of this Part of this Act he shall not be regarded as having held a qualifying office during the period.”.