{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-act-2022/section-35",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-act-2022/section-35.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/37",
  "legislation_title": "Elections Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-act-2022",
  "path": "section/35",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "Election etc of a person to the House of Commons who is subject to a disqualification order",
  "text": "(1) If a person who is subject to a disqualification order is elected as a member of the House of Commons, the person’s election is void.\n(2) In section 7 of the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (jurisdiction of Privy Council as to disqualification), after subsection (5) insert—\n“(6) In this section, a reference to disqualification by this Act includes a reference to disqualification by virtue of an order under section 30 of the Elections Act 2022 (disqualification of offenders for holding elective office etc).”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 35 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 67(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 35 in force at 1.11.2023 by S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 3(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/37/section/35",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:56:13.345203+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}