{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-of-lords-act-1999/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-of-lords-act-1999/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/34",
  "legislation_title": "House of Lords Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-of-lords-act-1999",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Removal of disqualifications in relation to the House of Commons.",
  "text": "(1) The holder of a hereditary peerage shall not be disqualified by virtue of that peerage for—\n(a) voting at elections to the House of Commons, or\n(b) being, or being elected as, a member of that House.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 3(2) omitted (29.4.2026) by virtue of House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 (c. 12), ss. 4(2)(a), 5(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 3 applied (14.5.2014) by House of Lords Reform Act 2014 (c. 24), ss. 4(4), 7(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 3(1)(b) excluded (8.4.2010) by Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c. 25), ss. 42(4), 52"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/34/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:32.958375+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."
}