Credit Review Act 2026
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Membership of either House of Oireachtas, European Parliament or local authority | ||
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14. (1) Where the Credit Reviewer 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, pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 , as having been elected to the European Parliament, or | ||
(d) elected or co-opted to be a member of a local authority, | ||
he or she shall thereupon cease to be the Credit Reviewer. | ||
(2) Where a member of the staff of the Service (other than the Credit Reviewer) 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, pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 , as having been elected to the European Parliament, or | ||
(d) elected or co-opted to be a member of a local authority, | ||
he or she shall thereupon stand seconded from employment by the Service and shall not be paid by, or entitled to receive from, the Service any remuneration or allowances in respect of the period commencing on such nomination or election, or when he or she is so regarded as having been so elected, as the case may be, and ending when such person ceases to be a member of either such House or a representative in such Parliament, or a member of such local authority. | ||
(3) A person who is for the time being— | ||
(a) entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein, | ||
(b) a member of the European Parliament, or | ||
(c) entitled under the standing orders of a local authority to sit as a member thereof, | ||
shall, while he or she is so entitled or is such a member, be disqualified for appointment as the Credit Reviewer or a member of the staff of the Service. | ||
(4) A period mentioned in subsection (2) shall not, for the purposes of any superannuation benefit, be reckoned as service with the Service. |