# House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001, Section 1: Removal of disqualification of clergy


(1) A person is not disqualified from being or being elected as a member of the House of Commons merely because he has been ordained or is a minister of any religious denomination.
(2) But a person is disqualified from being or being elected as a member of that House if he is a Lord Spiritual.
(3) Accordingly—
(a) Schedule 1 (which makes amendments consequential on this section) has effect, and
(b) the enactments mentioned in Schedule 2 (which relate to the disqualification of clergy from membership of the House of Commons) are repealed to the extent specified in that Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/13/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/house-of-commons-removal-of-clergy-disqualification-act-2001/section-1
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