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(b) Subject to paragraph (c), no person shall be employed by the Authority while he is a member of a local authority.

(c) The Minister may by order designate a class, description or grade of employment to which the provisions of paragraph (b) shall not apply while such order is in force.

(2) Where a person (whose employment has not been designated by the Minister under subsection (1) (c)) is elected as a member of a local authority or co-opted as a member of a local authority, he shall be released on special leave by the Authority and shall not be paid by, or be entitled to receive from, the Authority any remuneration or allowances—

(a) in case he is elected as a member of a local authority — in respect of the period commencing on his election and ending when he ceases to be a member of the local authority,

(b) in case he is co-opted as a member of the local authority — in respect of the period commencing on such co-option and ending when he ceases to be a member of the local authority.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), that subsection shall be construed as prohibiting, inter alia, the reckoning of a period mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of that subsection as service with the Authority for the purposes of any superannuation benefits.