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Offences) Act 2018 of a forfeiture of office order within the meaning of section 29A in respect of him or her” after “or disqualification”,

(b) in section 13(1), by the insertion of “or by the taking effect under section 17(6) of the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018 of a forfeiture of office order within the meaning of section 29A in respect of such a member” after “or disqualification of a member thereof who was elected thereto by a university constituency”, and

(c) by the insertion of the following section after section 29:

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

29A. (1) If while a person is a member of Seanad Éireann for a university constituency 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 Seanad Éireann.

(2) As soon as may be after the receipt by the Chairman of Seanad Éireann 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 Seanad Éireann for a university constituency, the Chairman of Seanad Éireann shall inform Seanad Éireann of such receipt at the next meeting thereof.

(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 Seanad Éireann.”.

Amendment of Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947

31. The Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947 is amended—

(a) in section 2—

(i) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “casual vacancy”:

“the expression ‘casual vacancy’ means a vacancy in the membership of Seanad Éireann occasioned by—

(a) the death, resignation or disqualification of a member of Seanad Éireann, or

(b) the taking effect under section 17(6) of the Act of 2018 of a forfeiture of office order in respect of a member of Seanad Éireann,

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