Section 4 Consequential amendmentsI1

United Kingdom

(1)

(a)

in section 1(2) (disclaimer of certain hereditary peerages), omit the words from “; and no such instrument” to the end;

(b)

omit section 4 (Scottish peerages) and the italic heading before it;

(c)

omit section 6 (peeresses in own right).

(2)

(a)

omit section 3(2) (disqualifications in relation to House of Commons applicable to hereditary peers);

(b)

omit paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 (amendment of Peerage Act 1963).

(3)

In the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, in section 42 (tax status of members of House of Lords: transitional provision)—

(a)

omit subsections (3) and (4);

(b)

in subsection (5), omit “If M is not such a person,”;

(c)

(i)

omit “or M succeeds to a peerage”;

(ii)

omit the words from “If subsection (3)(a)” to the end;

(d)

omit subsection (9).

(4)

In the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, in section 4 (effect of ceasing to be a member)—

(a)

in subsection (3), omit “, by virtue of a hereditary peerage”;

(b)

omit subsection (4);

(c)

in subsection (5), omit “other than a hereditary peer”;

(d)

omit subsection (7).

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