Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975

• F1Judge of the Supreme Court.

• Judge of the High Court of Justice or Court of Appeal.

• Judge of the Court of Session.

• Judge of the High Court of Justice or Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland.

• F2Judge of the Court Martial Appeal Court.

• Chairman of the Scottish Land Court.

• Circuit Judge.

• F3Sheriff principal, sheriff, summary sheriff, temporary sheriff principal, part-time sheriff or part-time summary sheriff in Scotland.

• County Court Judge or deputy County Court Judge in Northern Ireland.

• F4District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (but not Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts))

• F5...

• Resident Magistrate appointed under F6... the M1Magistrates’ Courts Acts (Northern Ireland) 1964.

• F7Chief or other Social Security Commissioner (not including a deputy Commissioner)

• F8Chief or other Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland (not including a deputy Commissioner)

• F9Umpire or Deputy Umpire appointed under Schedule 2 to the Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985 for the purposes of section 9 of that Act.

• F10Chief or other Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland (excluding a person appointed under paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the Child Support Act 1991).

• F11...

• F12...

• F1The Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council.

• F2The Advanced Research and Invention Agency.

• F3The Advisory Board for the Research Councils.

• The Agrément Board.

• F4The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board.

• F5The Agri-food and Biosciences Institute

• F6...

• F7...

• An Arbitration Tribunal established under Schedule 3 to the M1Industry Act 1975.

• The British Railways Board.

• F8...

• The British Waterways Board.

• F9F10The Cable Authority

• F11The Care Council for Wales.

• F12The Care Quality Commission F13and the Healthwatch England committee.

• F14The Channel Four Television Corporation

• C1F15The Charity Commission.

• F16The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

• F17The Charity Tribunal for Northern Ireland

• F18...

• F19...

• The Civil Aviation Authority.

• F20The Civil Service Commission

• F21The Coal Authority

• F22The Commission for Equality and Human Rights.

• F23F24The Commission for Health Improvement

• F25The Commission on Human Medicines.

• The Commission for Local Administration in England.

• The Commission for Local Administration in Wales.

• F26The Commission for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland

• F27The Committee on Climate Change.

• F28The Competition Appeal Tribunal.

• F29...

• F30The Competition and Markets Authority.

• F31The Competition Service.

• F32The Consumer Council for Water, and each regional committee of the Council established under section 27A of the Water Industry Act 1991.

• F33The Copyright Tribunal

• F34...

• F35The Criminal Cases Review Commission

• F36The Crown Agents Holding and Realisation Board

• The Crown Estate Commissioners.

• F37...

• F38A development corporation established under Part III of the Strategic Investment and Regeneration of Sites (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

• F39...

• F40...

• F41The Disclosure and Barring Service.

• F42The Electoral Commission.

• F43...

• F44The Environment Agency.

• F45The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.

• F46The Fair Employment Tribunal for Northern Ireland

• F47The First-tier Tribunal.

• F48...

• F49The Food Standards Agency

• F50...

• The Foreign Compensation Commission.

• F51The Gambling Commission.

• F52...

• F53...

• F54The Health and Care Professions Council

• F55The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland..

• F56The Health and Social Care Information Centre.

• F57 The Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board

• F58The Homes and Communities Agency.

• F59The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority

• F60The Human Tissue Authority.

• F61...

• F62The Independent Broadcasting Authority.

• F63The Independent Commission for Police Complaints for Northern Ireland

• F64The Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens' Rights Agreements.

• F65The Independent Office for Police Conduct.

• F66The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.

• F67....

• An Industrial Court.

• The Industrial Estates Corporations constituted in accordance with the M2Local Employment Act 1972.

• The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council.

• F68The Infected Blood Compensation Authority.

• F69...

• F70...

• F71Invest Northern Ireland

• F72The Juvenile Justice Board.

• The Labour Relations Agency.

• The Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland.

• The Lands Tribunal for Scotland.

• The Law Commission.

• F73The Legal Services Board.

• F74...

• F75The Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland.

• F76The Low Pay Commission appointed under section 8(9) of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998.

• The Mental Health Review Tribunal for Northern Ireland constituted under the M3Mental Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1961.

• The Metrication Board.

• The Ministry of Defence (Army Department) Teachers Selection Board.

• F77The Money and Pensions Service.

• F78The National Audit Office.

• A National Broadcasting Council.

• F79The National Consumer Council.

• F80The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

• F81...

• F82...

• The National Research Development Corporation.

• A New Town Commission established under the M4New Towns Act (Northern Ireland) 1965.

• F83The Northern Ireland Authority for F84Utility Regulation.

• F85The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board

• F86The Northern Ireland Health and Personal Social Services Regulation and Improvement Authority.

• The Northern Ireland Housing Executive.

• F87The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission.

• F88The Northern Ireland Law Commission.

• F89The Northern Ireland Library Authority

• F90The Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery.

• F91The Northern Ireland Social Care Council.

• F92The Northern Ireland Valuation Tribunal

• F93The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

• F94The Office for Budget Responsibility.

• F95The Office of Communications.

• F96The Office for Environmental Protection.

• ...

• F97...

• F98The Office for Legal Complaints.

• F99The Office for Nuclear Regulation.

• F100The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills.

• F101The Office for Students.

• F102...

• F103The Oil and Pipelines Agency

• F104A panel of Chairmen of Reinstatement Committees constituted under Schedule 2 to the Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985 for the purposes of section 8 of that Act

• The Panel of Official Arbitrators constituted for the purposes of the M5Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919.

• F105The Parades Commission for Northern Ireland.

• F106The Board of the Pension Protection Fund.

• A Pensions Appeal Tribunal.

• F107The Pensions Regulator.

• F108...

• The Planning Appeals Commission in Northern Ireland.

• F109The Probation Board for Northern Ireland.

• F110The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care

• F111...

• F112...

• A Rural Development Board in Northern Ireland.

• F113The Scottish Committee of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council.

• The Scottish Environment Protection Agency.

• The Scottish Land Court.

• The Scottish Law Commission.

• F114The Sea Fish Industry Authority.

• F115The Sea Fish Licence Tribunal.

• F116The Security Industry Authority

• F117Seirbheis nam Meadhanan Gàidhlig

• F118...

• F119...

• F120The Single Source Regulations Office.

• F121The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission

• The Social Security Advisory Committee.

• F122The Sports Grounds Safety Authority.

• F123The Staff Commission for Wales (Comisiwn Staff Cymru).

• F124...

• F125The Statistics Board

• F126F127The Strategic Rail Authority.

• F128The Trade Remedies Authority.

• The Transport Tribunal.

• F129A tribunal established under Article 3 of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, including any panel constituted for the purposes of any such tribunal.

• F130The Tribunal established under section 91 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

• F131The Tribunal established under section 65 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.

• F132The trustee corporation established by section 75 of the Pensions Act 2008.

• The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.

• F133United Kingdom Research and Innovation (“UKRI”), any Council or other committee of UKRI and any sub-committee of such a Council or committee (see section 92 of, and paragraphs 9 and 10 of Schedule 9 to, the Higher Education and Research Act 2017).

• The University Grants Committee.

• F134The Upper Tribunal.

• F135The Victims' Payments Board.

• The Water Appeals Commission for Northern Ireland.

• F136The Water Services Regulation Authority.

• F137The Welsh Committee of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council.

• F1Additional Commissioner of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.

• F2...

• F3Adjudicating medical practitioner or specially qualified adjudicating medical practitioner F4...

• Agent for Northern Ireland in Great Britain.

• Ambassador representing Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.

• F5Appeal Officer for Community Interest Companies

• Arbitrator or other person appointed to hear a dispute under F6... The M1Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973.

• F7Armed Forces Commissioner.

• F8Assistant Electoral Commissioners.

• F9Attorney General for Northern Ireland.

• F10...

• Boundary Commissioner or Assistant Boundary Commissioner appointed under F11Schedule 1 to the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986.

• F12Certification Officer for Northern Ireland.

• F13...

• F14Chair or non-executive member of NHS England.

• F15Chair or any member, not also being an employee, of the Patient and Client Council established under section 16 of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009.

• F16...

• F17Chair or any member, not also being an employee, of the Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being established under section 12 of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009.

• F18Chair or any member, not also being an employee, of the Regional Business Services Organisation established under section 14 of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009.

• F19Chair of the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland.

• Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards in Northern Ireland.

• F20Chairman or vice-chairman of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland..

• F21Chairman, or member in receipt of remuneration, of the Big Lottery Fund.

• F22Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland

• Chairman or Director General of the British Council.

• F23Chairman and deputy chairman of the General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland

• F24Chairman or non-executive director of a Health and Social Services trust established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.

• F25...

• F26...

• Chairman of the Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland.

• Paid Chairman of an industrial training board constituted under the Industrial Training F27(Northern Ireland) Order 1984 or of a committee appointed under that Order.

• F28...

• F29...

• Chairman of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board.

• Chairman or director of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, or of any company which is a subsidiary of that Company.

• F30...

• F31Chairman, or member in receipt of remuneration, of the Olympic Lottery Distributor.

• Any Chairman of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal.

• F32Chairman of the Scottish Legal Aid Board

• Chairman of the Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards in Northern Ireland.

• Chief Electoral Officer or Deputy Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland.

• F33Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland.

• F34Chief Land Registrar.

• F35The Chief Ombudsman or an assistant ombudsman appointed under section 122 of the Legal Services Act 2007 (Chief Ombudsman and assistant ombudsmen appointed for the purposes of the ombudsman scheme).

• F36The Chief Regulator of Qualifications and Examinations F37, the chair of the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation and any member of the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation in receipt of remuneration.

• F38Children’s Commissioner

• F39Children’s Commissioner for Wales

• F40Civil Service Commissioner for Northern Ireland.

• Clerk of the Crown and Peace in Northern Ireland.

• Clerk or deputy clerk of a district council in Northern Ireland.

• Clerk or Assistant Clerk of Petty Sessions in Northern Ireland.

• Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner appointed under section 50(1) F41or (4) of, or Schedule 4 to, the M2Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.

• F42Commissioner appointed under section 67(1) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000

• F43Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland

• Commissioner of the City of London Police.

• F44Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland

• F45Commissioner for Older People in Wales

• F46Commissioner for the Retention and Use of Biometric Material

• F47Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse

• F48Commissioner for the Ulster Scots and the Ulster British tradition.

• F49Commissioner for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland

• F50Compliance Officer for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.

• F51...

• Comptroller and Auditor-General for Northern Ireland.

• Coroner or deputy coroner appointed for any district in Northern Ireland.

• Correspondent appointed by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.

• Crown Solicitor for Northern Ireland.

• F52Deputy Electoral Commissioners.

• Director of the British Sugar Corporation Limited appointed by the Ministers as defined by section 17 of the M3Sugar Act 1956.

• Director of Cable and Wireless Limited F53nominated by a Minister of the Crown or Government department.

• F54Director of the Commonwealth Development Corporation nominated or appointed by the Secretary of State.

• F55Director of a company which is designated as the Independent System Operator and Planner in accordance with section 162 of the Energy Act 2023.

• F56Director of a company for the time being holding an appointment under Chapter I of Part II of the F57Water Industry Act 1991 or of such a company’s holding company, being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown.

• F58Director of a company appointed as a water or sewerage undertaker under the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, being a director nominated or appointed by a Northern Ireland department or by a person acting on behalf of a Northern Ireland department

• F59Director of any of the following—

  1. (a)

     a company which for the time being holds a licence under Chapter I of Part I of the Transport Act 2000 (a licence company);

  2. (b)

     a company of which a licence company is a subsidiary (within the meaning given by F60section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006;

  3. (c)

     a company which is a subsidiary (within the meaning so given) of a licence company.

• Director of Harland and Wolff Limited.

• F61...

• F62Director of a Local Healthwatch organisation.

• Director of Short Brothers Limited.

• Director appointed at a salary of the National Building Agency.

• F63Director of any of the following, being a director appointed or nominated by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown—

  1. (a)

     a Post Office company,

  2. (b)

     a Royal Mail company,

  3. (c)

     the original holding company, and

  4. (d)

     a parent company of a company within any of paragraphs (a) to (c).

  Expressions used in paragraphs (a) to (d) have the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Postal Services Act 2011.

• Director, or Deputy Director, of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.

• F64Director of a publicly controlled company (within the meaning of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Energy Act 2004) to which transfers have been made in accordance with provisions of nuclear transfer schemes authorised by that Chapter.

• F65Director of a publicly owned successor company (within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1995) .

• Director of S.B. (Realisations) Limited nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or government department.

• Director or receiver appointed by the Department or Ministry of Finance for Northern Ireland of any company.

• Director of the Holding Company referred to in the M4Transport Act 1962.

• F66Director of the successor company (within the meaning of Part V of the Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994), being a director nominated or appointed by a Northern Ireland department or by a person acting on behalf of a Northern Ireland department

• F67Director of the successor company (within the meaning of the British Technology Group Act 1991) being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown

• F68Director of the successor company (within the meaning of the Crown Agents Act 1995) being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown .

• F69Director of a successor company (within the meaning of Part II of the Electricity Act 1989), being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown

• F70Director of a successor company (within the meaning of Part III of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992), being a director nominated or appointed by a Northern Ireland department or by a person acting on behalf of a Northern Ireland department

• F71Director of the successor company (within the meaning of the Gas Act 1986), being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown

• F72Director General of Electricity Supply for Northern Ireland.

• F73Director General of Gas for Northern Ireland

• F74Employee of the National Audit Office.

• Examiner or member of a board of interviewers appointed by the Civil Service Commissioners.

• Examiner for entrance examination to, or member of a board of interviewers for entrance to, the civil service of Northern Ireland.

• Governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

• Governor, Deputy Governor or F75non-executive director of the Bank of England.

• Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Secretary, or Captain of Invalids of Chelsea Hospital.

• Governor, Medical Officer or other officer or member of the staff of a prison to which the M5Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 applies.

• Health Service Commissioner for England.

• F76...

• Health Service Commissioner for Wales.

• F77Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales or Prif Arolygydd Ei Mawrhydi dros Addysg a Hyfforddiant yng Nghymru.

• High Commissioner representing Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.

• F78The Immigration Services Commissioner

• F79The Deputy Immigration Services Commissioner

• F80Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner

• F81Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures in Northern Ireland .

• Independent person appointed under section 7(3) or section 8(4) of the M6Caravans Act (Northern Ireland) 1963.

• F82The Information Commissioner

• F83Investigating Commissioner of, or member of a decision-making committee of, the Commission for Equality and Human Rights.

• Irish Language Commissioner.

• Judge Advocate General, Vice Judge Advocate General F84or Assistant Judge Advocate General.

• Juries Officer.

• F85...

• F86...

• ...

• F87Legal Services Oversight Commissioner for Northern Ireland.

• Member of an Agricultural Marketing Board appointed by the Minister under Schedule 2 to the M7Agricultural Marketing Act 1958.

• F88Member appointed by the Head of the Department of Agriculture of an Agricultural Marketing Board constituted under Part II of the Agricultural Marketing (Northern Ireland) Order 1982.

• Member appointed by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food F89... of an agricultural wages committee established under the M8Agricultural Wages Act 1948 or chairman of such a committee.

• Member appointed by the Secretary of State of the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board.

• Member appointed by the Head of the Department or Minister of Agriculture for Northern Ireland of the Agricultural Wages Board for Northern Ireland.

• F90Member of staff of the Children’s Commissioner

• F91Member of the staff of the Children’s Commissioner for Wales

• F92Member of staff of the Commissioner for Older People in Wales

• F93Member of the Determinations Panel established by the Pensions Regulator under section 9 of the Pensions Act 2004.

• F94Member of the staff of the Disclosure and Barring Service.

• F95Member of the staff of the Electoral Commission.

• F96Member of the governing body of the Financial Conduct Authority;

• F97Member of the Financial Policy Committee of the Bank of England appointed under section 9B(1)(d) or (e) of the Bank of England Act 1998.

• F98...

• F99...

• F100...

• F101Member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England appointed under section 13(2)(b) or (c) of the Bank of England Act 1998. .

• ...

• F102...

• F103Member of the Staff of the Northern Ireland Audit Office

• A member of the Office of Identity and Cultural Expression.

• F104Member of staff of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Energy Act 2013).

• F105Any member, in receipt of remuneration, of a panel of persons who may be selected to act as members of the Pensions Regulator Tribunal.

• F106Member of a panel of persons appointed under Article 7 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.

• Member of a panel of valuers appointed at an annual salary under section 4 of the M9Inland Revenue Regulation Act 1890.

• F107...

• F108Member of the Prudential Regulation Committee of the Bank of England appointed under section 30A(2)(f) or (g) of the Bank of England Act 1998

• F109Any member of the Residuary Body for Wales (Corff Gweddilliol Cymru) in receipt of remuneration

• F110...

• F111Any member of the staff of the State Pathologist’s Department.

• F112...

• F113Northern Ireland Human Rights Commissioner.

• Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Ombudsman.

• ...

• F114The Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman

• Officer or other member of the County Court Service within the meaning of the M10County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959.

• Officer or servant of the Crown Estate Commissioners.

• Officer of the F115Senior Courts F116being the holder of any office listed in any Part of Schedule 2 to the F117Senior Courts Act 1981 or a district registrar, or assistant district registrar, of the High Court

• F118Ombudsman for the Board of the Pension Protection Fund and any deputy to that Ombudsman appointed under section 210 of the Pensions Act 2004.

• Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration.

• F119Parole Commissioner for Northern Ireland

• F120Pensions Ombudsman and any deputy to that Ombudsman appointed under section 145A of the Pension Schemes Act 1993.

• F121Person on the list of those eligible to sit as members of a Gender Recognition Panel.

• F122The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.

• President of appeal tribunals (within the meaning of Chapter I of Part II of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998) appointed under Article 6 of that Order.

• Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.

• F123Registrar or Assistant Registrar appointed under section 6 or section 7 of the County Courts Act 1984

• Registrar of the Privy Council.

• F124...

• F125Regulator of Community Interest Companies

• F126Scottish Public Services Ombudsman

• F127Sentence Review Commissioner.

• F128Service Police Complaints Commissioner.

• F129Small Business Commissioner or Deputy Small Business Commissioner.

• Standing Counsel to any department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.

• Statutory officer appointed under section 70 of the M11Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978.

• Substitution Officer of the Royal Air Force.

• Technical Adviser to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.

• F130Traffic Director for London.

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