# Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975, Part III: OTHER DISQUALIFYING OFFICES

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Additional Commissioner of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.
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Adjudicating medical practitioner or specially qualified adjudicating medical practitioner ...
Agent for Northern Ireland in Great Britain.
Ambassador representing Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.
Appeal Officer for Community Interest Companies
Arbitrator or other person appointed to hear a dispute under ... The Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973.
Armed Forces Commissioner.
Assistant Electoral Commissioners.
Attorney General for Northern Ireland.
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Boundary Commissioner or Assistant Boundary Commissioner appointed under Schedule 1 to the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986.
Certification Officer for Northern Ireland.
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Chair or non-executive member of NHS England.
Chair 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.
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Chair 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.
Chair 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.
Chair of the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland.
Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards in Northern Ireland.
Chairman or vice-chairman of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland..
Chairman, or member in receipt of remuneration, of the Big Lottery Fund.
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland
Chairman or Director General of the British Council.
Chairman and deputy chairman of the General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland
Chairman or non-executive director of a Health and Social Services trust established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.
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Chairman of the Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland.
Paid Chairman of an industrial training board constituted under the Industrial Training (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 or of a committee appointed under that Order.
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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.
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Chairman, or member in receipt of remuneration, of the Olympic Lottery Distributor.
Any Chairman of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal.
Chairman 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.
Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland.
Chief Land Registrar.
The 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).
The Chief Regulator of Qualifications and Examinations , 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.
Children’s Commissioner
Children’s Commissioner for Wales
Civil 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) or (4) of, or Schedule 4 to, the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.
Commissioner appointed under section 67(1) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000
Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland
Commissioner of the City of London Police.
Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland
Commissioner for Older People in Wales
Commissioner for the Retention and Use of Biometric Material
Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse
Commissioner for the Ulster Scots and the Ulster British tradition.
Commissioner for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland
Compliance Officer for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.
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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.
Deputy Electoral Commissioners.
Director of the British Sugar Corporation Limited appointed by the Ministers as defined by section 17 of the Sugar Act 1956.
Director of Cable and Wireless Limited nominated by a Minister of the Crown or Government department.
Director of the Commonwealth Development Corporation nominated or appointed by the Secretary of State.
Director of a company which is designated as the Independent System Operator and Planner in accordance with section 162 of the Energy Act 2023.
Director of a company for the time being holding an appointment under Chapter I of Part II of the Water 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.
Director 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
Director of any of the following—
(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);
(b)a company of which a licence company is a subsidiary (within the meaning given by section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006;
(c)a company which is a subsidiary (within the meaning so given) of a licence company.
Director of Harland and Wolff Limited.
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Director of a Local Healthwatch organisation.
Director of Short Brothers Limited.
Director appointed at a salary of the National Building Agency.
Director 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—
(a)a Post Office company,
(b)a Royal Mail company,
(c)the original holding company, and
(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.
Director 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.
Director 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 Transport Act 1962.
Director 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
Director 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
Director 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 .
Director 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
Director 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
Director 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
Director General of Electricity Supply for Northern Ireland.
Director General of Gas for Northern Ireland
Employee 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 non-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 Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 applies.
Health Service Commissioner for England.
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Health Service Commissioner for Wales.
Her 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.
The Immigration Services Commissioner
The Deputy Immigration Services Commissioner
Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner
Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures in Northern Ireland .
Independent person appointed under section 7(3) or section 8(4) of the Caravans Act (Northern Ireland) 1963.
The Information Commissioner
Investigating 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 or Assistant Judge Advocate General.
Juries Officer.
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Legal Services Oversight Commissioner for Northern Ireland.
Member of an Agricultural Marketing Board appointed by the Minister under Schedule 2 to the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958.
Member 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 ... of an agricultural wages committee established under the Agricultural 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.
Member of staff of the Children’s Commissioner
Member of the staff of the Children’s Commissioner for Wales
Member of staff of the Commissioner for Older People in Wales
Member of the Determinations Panel established by the Pensions Regulator under section 9 of the Pensions Act 2004.
Member of the staff of the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Member of the staff of the Electoral Commission.
Member of the governing body of the Financial Conduct Authority;
Member 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.
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Member 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. .
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Member of the Staff of the Northern Ireland Audit Office
A member of the Office of Identity and Cultural Expression.
Member of staff of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Energy Act 2013).
Any member, in receipt of remuneration, of a panel of persons who may be selected to act as members of the Pensions Regulator Tribunal.
Member 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 Inland Revenue Regulation Act 1890.
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Member 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
Any member of the Residuary Body for Wales (Corff Gweddilliol Cymru) in receipt of remuneration
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Any member of the staff of the State Pathologist’s Department.
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Northern Ireland Human Rights Commissioner.
Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Ombudsman.
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The Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman
Officer or other member of the County Court Service within the meaning of the County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959.
Officer or servant of the Crown Estate Commissioners.
Officer of the Senior Courts being the holder of any office listed in any Part of Schedule 2 to the Senior Courts Act 1981 or a district registrar, or assistant district registrar, of the High Court
Ombudsman 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.
Parole Commissioner for Northern Ireland
Pensions Ombudsman and any deputy to that Ombudsman appointed under section 145A of the Pension Schemes Act 1993.
Person on the list of those eligible to sit as members of a Gender Recognition Panel.
The 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.
Registrar or Assistant Registrar appointed under section 6 or section 7 of the County Courts Act 1984
Registrar of the Privy Council.
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Regulator of Community Interest Companies
Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
Sentence Review Commissioner.
Service Police Complaints Commissioner.
Small 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 Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978.
Substitution Officer of the Royal Air Force.
Technical Adviser to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.
Traffic Director for London.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/25/schedule/1/part/III (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-assembly-disqualification-act-1975/schedule-1/part-III
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

