Garda Síochána (Complaints) Act, 1986

Membership of Houses of Oireachtas or Assembly of European Communities.

14.—(1) Where a member of the Board or the Appeal Board is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann or as a candidate for election to either House of the Oireachtas or to the Assembly of the European Communities or is regarded, pursuant to section 15 of the European Assembly Elections Act, 1977 , as having been elected to such Assembly to fill a vacancy, he shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Board or the Appeal Board.

(2) A person who is for the time being entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein or who is a member of the Assembly of the European Communities shall, while he is so entitled or is such a member, be disqualified for becoming a member of the Board or the Appeal Board.