Fisheries Act, 1980

Qualification for elected members of regional boards.

14.—A person shall not be eligible for election under this Act to membership of a regional board if on the day fixed under this Act for the receipt of nominations at the election—

(a) he is entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein,

(b) he is a representative in the Assembly of the European Communities,

(c) he is not entitled to vote at the election,

(d) he is an undischarged bankrupt,

(e) within the period of three years ending on such day he has made a composition with his creditors,

(f) within the period of seven years ending on such day he has been convicted of an offence under the Fisheries Acts, 1959 to 1980.