European Parliament Elections Act 1997

Term of office of person regarded as having been elected.

99. Where, pursuant to rule 96 or 97 a person is regarded as having been elected under this Act to the Parliament the person shall, unless he or she sooner dies, resigns, becomes disqualified for election under this Act to the Parliament, is removed from office or otherwise ceases to be a representative in the Parliament, hold office as such a representative for the residue of the term for which the representative whom the person replaces would have held office had the representative not ceased to hold office.