Minerals Development Act 2017

Exclusion resulting from membership of either House of the Oireachtas, European Parliament or local authorities

157. (1) A person shall cease to be a member of the Mining Board where the person—

(a) is, with the person’s consent, nominated as a candidate for election to either House of the Oireachtas or the European Parliament,

(b) is elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or of the European Parliament,

(c) is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann,

(d) is regarded under Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 as having been elected to that Parliament to fill a vacancy, or

(e) becomes a member of a local authority or is, with the person’s consent, nominated as a candidate for election as such a member.

(2) A person who is for the time being entitled under the Standing Orders of either Houses of the Oireachtas to sit therein or who is a member of the European Parliament shall, while so entitled or such a member, be disqualified from becoming a member of the Mining Board.

(3) A person who is a member of a local authority shall be disqualified from becoming a member of the Mining Board while he or she is a member of such local authority.