Water Services Act 2017

Membership of either House of Oireachtas, European Parliament or local authority

49. (1) A member ceases to be a member of the Advisory Body where the person is—

(a) nominated as a candidate for election as a member of either House of the Oireachtas,

(b) nominated as a candidate for election as a member of, or to fill a vacancy in, the membership of the European Parliament, or

(c) nominated as a candidate for election as a member of a local authority.

(2) A person is not eligible to be appointed as a member of the Advisory Body where the person is—

(a) nominated to be a member of Seanad Éireann,

(b) elected to be a member of either House of the Oireachtas or to be a member of the European Parliament,

(c) regarded under Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 as having been elected to that Parliament, or

(d) a member of a local authority.