European Assembly (Irish Representatives) Act, 1979
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Disqualification of Irish representatives for membership of, or employment by, certain bodies. |
5.—(1) A person who is elected to be a representative in the Assembly at the Assembly election held in 1979 and who is either a member of, or a director on the board of, a specified body shall, on the signing by the chief returning officer at the election of the return required by Rule 70 of the First Schedule to the Act of 1977, cease to be such member or director, as may be appropriate. | |
(2) Where a person who is either a member of, or a director on the board of, a body which is a specified body is validly nominated as a candidate for election to, or appointed to be a representative in, the Assembly, whether such election or appointment is to be held pursuant to, or is made under, the Act of 1977 or otherwise, he shall on such nomination or on his appointment, as may be appropriate, cease to be such a member or director, as may be appropriate. | ||
(3) A person who is for the time being a representative in the Assembly shall be disqualified for being a member of, a director on the board of, any body which is a specified body or an officer or servant of any such body. | ||
(4) Where a person who is either an officer or servant of any body which is a specified body is validly nominated for election as a candidate for election to, or appointed to be a representative in, the Assembly, whether such election or appointment is to be held pursuant to or is made under the Act of 1977 or otherwise, he shallstand seconded from employment by the body and shall not be paid by or be entitled to receive from the body any remuneration or allowances in respect of the period commencing on— | ||
(a) in case he is so nominated at the Assembly election held in 1979, the signing by the chief returning officer at the election of the return referred to in subsection (1) of this section, | ||
(b) in case he is so nominated at any other Assembly election or is so appointed, on such nomination or on his appointment, | ||
and ending when he withdraws his candidature, fails to be elected or ceases to be a representative in the Assembly. | ||
(5) The Minister may by order amend the Schedule to this Act by the addition thereto of the name of a body corporate or an unincorporated body of persons specified in the order, and in case the Minister makes an order under this subsection the Schedule to this Act shall be construed in accordance with the amendment contained in the order. | ||
(6) In this section “specified body” means a body specified in the Schedule to this Act. |