Section 2 inserts a new section 13A in the principal Act, the effect of which is to disqualify Oireachtas Members from being elected or co-opted or from being a member of a local authority. Section 13 of the 2001 Act already sets out a number of disqualifications. For example, Ministers, Ministers of State, MEPs, EU officeholders, judges, gardaí etc. are all disqualified from holding local authority membership.