Mental Health Act 20266

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

109. (1) A member of the Board, a member of a committee of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, shall cease to be a member or the Chief Executive Officer, as the case may be, on being—

(a) nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann,

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

(c) regarded, pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the Act of 1997, as having been elected to be a member of the European Parliament, or

(d) elected or co-opted as a member of a local authority.

(2) A person who, for the time being, is entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein, is a member of the European Parliament or is entitled under the standing orders of a local authority to act as a member thereof, while he or she is so entitled or is such a member, shall be disqualified for:

(a) membership of the Board;

(b) membership of a committee of the Board;

(c) appointment as Chief Executive Officer.