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25. Vacation of office of members of Commission.

(1) A person ceases to be an ex-officio member of the Commission if he or she ceases to hold or perform the duties of the office by virtue of which he or she is such a member.

(2) An appointed member of the Commission ceases to be an appointed member if he or she -

(a) dies,

(b) completes a term of office and is not re-appointed,

(c) resigns the office by notice in writing addressed to the Governor,

(d) has, without the permission of the other members, been absent from meetings of the Commission for a consecutive period of 6 months,

(e) is, with his or her consent, nominated as a candidate for election as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann,

(f) is, with his or her consent, nominated as a candidate for election as a member of the European Parliament or to fill a vacancy in the membership of that Parliament,

(g) is, with his or her consent, nominated as a candidate for election as a member of a local authority,