Pt. 6 S. 31 [No. 9.]
Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018.
[2018.]
- who was elected at the next preceding Seanad general election or was elected at a Seanad bye-election since the next preceding Seanad general election;”,
- (ii) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “nominating bodies sub-panel casual vacancy”:
- “the expression ‘nominating bodies sub-panel casual vacancy’ means a casual vacancy 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, who was elected at the next preceding Seanad general election from a nominating bodies sub-panel or who was elected at a Seanad bye-election to fill (whether directly or indirectly) the place of a member who was so elected at such Seanad general election;”,
- (iii) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “Oireachtas sub-panel casual vacancy”:
- “the expression ‘Oireachtas sub-panel casual vacancy’ means a casual vacancy 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, who was elected at the next preceding Seanad general election from an Oireachtas sub-panel or who was elected at a Seanad bye-election to fill (whether directly or indirectly) the place of a member who was so elected at such Seanad general election;”,
- and
- (iv) by the insertion of the following definitions:
- “the expression ‘Act of 2018’ means the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018;
- the expression ‘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;”,
- (b) in section 55(2), by the insertion of “or, as the case may be, the member in respect of whom a forfeiture of office order has taken effect under section 17(6) of the Act of 2018” after “the member whose death, resignation, or disqualification occasioned the vacancy”, and
- (c) by the insertion of the following section after section 80:
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