{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-of-lords-reform-act-2014/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-of-lords-reform-act-2014/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/24",
  "legislation_title": "House of Lords Reform Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-of-lords-reform-act-2014",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Effect of ceasing to be a member",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where a person ceases to be a member of the House of Lords in accordance with this Act.\n(2) The person becomes disqualified from attending the proceedings of the House of Lords (including the proceedings of a Committee of the House).\n(3) 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 ... or as a Lord Spiritual) and may not attend the House in pursuance of a writ already received.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) If the person is a peer ..., the person is not, by virtue of that peerage, disqualified 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(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(8) 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(3) omitted (29.4.2026) by virtue of House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 (c. 12), ss. 4(4)(a), 5(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 4(4) omitted (29.4.2026) by virtue of House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 (c. 12), ss. 4(4)(b), 5(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(5) omitted (29.4.2026) by virtue of House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 (c. 12), ss. 4(4)(c), 5(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 4(6) omitted (16.1.2024) by virtue of Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 7 para. 10 (with Sch. 7 para. 13); S.I. 2023/1405, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 4(7) omitted (29.4.2026) by virtue of House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 (c. 12), ss. 4(4)(d), 5(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/24/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:32.009228+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."
}