Paragraph 8 F1

(1)

An individual is disqualified from being a candidate in a Health Board election if the individual is—

(a)

a member of the European Parliament,

(b)

a member of the House of Commons,

(c)

a member of the House of Lords,

(d)

a member of the Scottish Parliament, or

(e)

a local authority councillor.

(2)

Election regulations may make further provision about—

(a)

who is qualified to be a candidate in a Health Board election, and

(b)

the circumstances in which an individual may be disqualified from being a candidate,

and, in particular, may disqualify from being a candidate an individual holding a post set out in a list of restricted posts maintained by the Health Board concerned for that purpose.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 1A inserted (temp. from 24.6.2009 for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 5), ss. 2(3), 4, 6(2)(3), 7, 11(1); S.S.I. 2009/242, art. 2