Section 6 Interpretation

(1)

For the purposes of this Act a person is a member of the House of Lords if the person is entitled to receive writs of summons to attend that House.

(2)

In determining whether a person is so entitled, ignore—

(a)

section 2 of the Forfeiture Act 1870 (disqualification on conviction of treason);

(b)

sections 426A and 427 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (disqualification on insolvency);

F1(c)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2(d)

section 1(3) of the House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015 (suspension).

(3)

In this Act “peer” includes a person upon whom a dignity has been conferred by virtue of appointment as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.

Annotations

F1: S. 6(2)(c) repealed (31.12.2020) by The European Parliamentary Elections Etc. (Repeal, Revocation, Amendment and Saving Provisions) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1310), reg. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. 1 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1389, regs. 1, 2(2))
F2: S. 6(2)(d) inserted (26.6.2015) by House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015 (c. 14), ss. 2, 4(2)