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Disqualification of Ministers of Government and Ministers of State for membership of local authorities. 
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13.—(1) A person who is a Minister of the Government or a Minister of State shall be disqualified— 
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(a) for being elected, chosen or appointed as a member of a local authority, or 
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(b) for being a member of a local authority on or after the commencement of the term of office of the members elected to that authority in the local elections held in the year 1991 or subsequently. 
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(2) Where a person who is a member of a local authority is appointed after the passing of this Act to hold office as a Minister of the Government or as a Minister of State, he shall on such appointment cease to be a member of the authority. 
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