Appointment.
1. The Taoiseach shall appoint as the Disclosures Recipient a person who is a judge or retired judge of the High Court.
Term of office.
(1) The Disclosures Recipient shall hold office for an initial term of 5 years and is eligible for re-appointment for one further term of 5 years.
(2) The Disclosures Recipient may at any time resign by letter addressed to the Taoiseach, and the resignation takes effect on the date the Taoiseach receives the letter.
(3) The Taoiseach may remove the Disclosures Recipient from office, but only for stated misbehaviour or for incapacity.
(4) A person ceases to be the Disclosures Recipient on being -
(a) nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann,
(b) elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or of the European Parliament,
(c) regarded pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 as having been elected to the European Parliament to fill a vacancy, or
(d) becoming a member of
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