National Board For Science and Technology Act, 1977

Secondment of employee of Board becoming member of Oireachtas.

29.—(1) Where a person who is either an officer or a servant in the employment of the Board becomes a member of either House of the Oireachtas—

(a) he shall, during the period commencing upon his becoming entitled under the Standing Orders of that House to sit therein and ending 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 the Board, stand seconded from such employment;

(b) he shall not be paid by, or entitled to receive from, the Board any salary or wages, as the case may be, in respect of that 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 being an officer or servant of the Board.