{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-assembly-disqualification-act-1975/section-1A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-assembly-disqualification-act-1975/section-1A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1975/25",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-assembly-disqualification-act-1975",
  "path": "section/1A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1A",
  "heading": "Members of the House of Commons",
  "text": "(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.\n(2) Subsection (3) applies where a person—\n(a) is returned at an election as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly,\n(b) on being so returned is a candidate for election to the House of Commons, and\n(c) is subsequently returned at that election as a member of that House.\n(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.\n(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).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1A inserted (29.3.2016) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (c. 13), ss. 3(2), 28(6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/25/section/1A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:38:44.903645+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."
}