29. The Electoral Act 1992 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 42:

“Forfeiture of office order under Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018

42A. (1) If while a person is a member of the Dáil a forfeiture of office order in respect of the person takes effect under section 17(6) of the Act of 2018, he or she shall thereupon cease to be such member and a vacancy shall exist accordingly in the membership of the Dáil.

(2) As soon as may be after the receipt by the Chairman of the Dáil of a notification from the registrar of a court under subsection (7) of section 17 of the Act of 2018 of the taking effect under subsection (6) of that section of a forfeiture of office order in respect of a member of the Dáil, the Chairman of the Dáil shall inform the Dáil of such receipt.

(3) In this section—

‘Act of 2018’ means the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018;

‘forfeiture of office order’ means an order under section 17(4)(b) of the Act of 2018 for the forfeiture of the office of a person as a member of the Dáil.”.