{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elected-authorities-northern-ireland-act-1989/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elected-authorities-northern-ireland-act-1989/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/3",
  "legislation_title": "Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elected-authorities-northern-ireland-act-1989",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Disqualification in consequence of breach of declaration.",
  "text": "(1) In section 4(1) of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (disqualification for being elected or being a member of a district council) at the end of paragraph (d) there is inserted—\n“(dd) within the five years immediately preceding the day of his election or at any time subsequent to that day, a determination has been made by the High Court that he has acted in breach of the terms of a declaration against terrorism as defined in section 7 of the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989; or”.\n(2) In section 3 of the Northern Ireland Assembly Act 1973 after subsection (1) there is inserted—\n“(1A) A person who is determined by the High Court to have acted in breach of the terms of a declaration against terrorism as defined in section 7 of the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 is disqualified for membership of the Assembly during the period of five years beginning with the date of the determination.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1972 c. 9 (N.I.)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1973 c. 17."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/3/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:18.324032+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}