Section 1A Members of the House of CommonsF1

(1)

A person returned at an election as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly is not disqualified under section 1(1)(za) at any time in the period of 8 days beginning with the day the person is so returned.

(2)

Subsection (3) applies where a person—

(a)

is returned at an election as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly,

(b)

on being so returned is a candidate for election to the House of Commons, and

(c)

is subsequently returned at that election as a member of that House.

(3)

The person is not disqualified under section 1(1)(za) at any time in the period of 8 days beginning with the day the person is returned as a member of the House of Commons.

(4)

A person is a “candidate for election to the House of Commons” if the person's nomination paper for election as a member of the House of Commons has been delivered to the returning officer under rule 6 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983 (parliamentary election rules).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 1A inserted (29.3.2016) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (c. 13), ss. 3(2), 28(6)