Irish Sports Council Act, 1999
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Membership of either House of the Oireachtas or the European Parliament. |
24.—(1) Where a member of the Council, a member of a committee or a member of the Council's staff is— | |
(a) nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann, | ||
(b) elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or to the European Parliament, or | ||
(c) regarded, pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act, 1997 , as having been elected to that Parliament, | ||
he or she shall thereupon— | ||
(i) in the case of a member of the Council or a committee, cease to be a member of the Council or committee, as the case may be, and | ||
(ii) in the case of a member of the Council's staff, stand seconded from employment by the Council for the period specified in subsection (2). | ||
(2) A person who stands seconded from employment under subsection (1)(ii) shall not be paid by, or be entitled to receive from, the Council any remuneration or allowances in respect of the period— | ||
(a) commencing on the person's nomination to the Seanad or election as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or to the European Parliament or when the person is regarded, pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act, 1997 , as having been elected to that Parliament (as the case may be), and | ||
(b) ending when he or she ceases to be a member of either such House or a representative in the European Parliament. | ||
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), that subsection shall be construed as prohibiting the reckoning of a period mentioned in that subsection as service with the Council for the purposes of any pensions, gratuities and other allowances payable on resignation, retirement or death. | ||
(4) A person who is for the time being entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit as a member of that House or who is a representative in the European Parliament shall, while he or she is so entitled or is such a representative, be disqualified from becoming a member of the Council, a member of a committee or a member of the Council's staff. |