{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-of-lords-reform-act-2014/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-of-lords-reform-act-2014/section-6.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/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(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.\n(2) In determining whether a person is so entitled, ignore—\n(a) section 2 of the Forfeiture Act 1870 (disqualification on conviction of treason);\n(b) sections 426A and 427 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (disqualification on insolvency);\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) section 1(3) of the House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015 (suspension).\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 6(2)(c) repealed (31.12.2020) by The European Parliamentary Elections Etc.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))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 6(2)(d) inserted (26.6.2015) by House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015 (c. 14), ss. 2, 4(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/24/section/6",
    "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."
}