Section 4 Effect of ceasing to be a member

This section applies where a person ceases to be a member of the House of Lords in accordance with this Act.

The person becomes disqualified from attending the proceedings of the House of Lords (including the proceedings of a Committee of the House).

Accordingly, the person shall not be entitled to receive a writ to attend the House (whether under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958, by virtue of the dignity conferred by virtue of appointment as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary F1... or as a Lord Spiritual) and may not attend the House in pursuance of a writ already received.

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If the person is a peer F3..., the person is not, by virtue of that peerage, disqualified for—

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Subject to section 3(7), a person who ceases to be a member of the House of Lords in accordance with this Act may not subsequently become a member of that House.