Local Government Act 2001

F23[Application of disqualification to members of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann.

13A

13A.(1) A person who is a member of either House of the Oireachtas is disqualified from being elected or co-opted to, or from being a member of, a local authority.

F24[(1A) A person to whom subsection (1) applies is not disqualified from being elected to the office of Mayor of Limerick, but is disqualified from holding that office.]

(2) In respect of local elections to be held in the year 2004 and thereafter, section 13(1) shall be read as if the following were substituted for paragraph (e):

"(e) is a member of Dáil Éireann or Seanad Éireann, or".]

Annotations

Amendments:

F23

Inserted (2.06.2003) by Local Government (No. 2) Act 2003) (17/2003), s. 2(1), commenced on enactment, subject to transitional provision in subs. (2).

F24

Inserted (31.03.2024) by Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 (7/2024), s. 20(b), S.I. No. 123 of 2024.