Defence (Amendment) Act 2021
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Miscellaneous amendments of Principal Act | ||
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13. The Principal Act is amended— | ||
(a) by the substitution of the following section for section 74: | ||
“Discharge of reservists in certain public service positions | ||
74. A reservist who is— | ||
(a) elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or the European Parliament, | ||
(b) nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann, or | ||
(c) regarded under Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 as having been elected to the European Parliament to fill a vacancy, | ||
shall thereupon stand, by virtue of this section, discharged from the Reserve Defence Force.”, | ||
and | ||
(b) by the repeal of section 318. |