{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-miscellaneous-provisions-act-2014/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-miscellaneous-provisions-act-2014/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/13",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-miscellaneous-provisions-act-2014",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "MPs to be disqualified for membership of Assembly",
  "text": "(1) In section 1(1) of the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (disqualification of holders of certain offices etc), before paragraph (a) insert—\n“(za) is a member of the House of Commons;”.\n(2) After section 1 of that Act insert—\n“Members of the House of Commons\n1A (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).”\n(3) In section 37(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (effect of disqualification)—\n(a) in paragraph (a), after “by virtue of” insert “ the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 or ”;\n(b) in paragraph (b), after “by virtue of” insert “ that Act or ”.\n(4) In section 47(4) of that Act (remuneration of members), for “either House of Parliament” substitute “ the House of Lords ”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 in force at 5.5.2016 unless the Northern Ireland Assembly is dissolved at an earlier date, see ss. 7, 28(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 3 in force at 29.3.2016, being the first day after this Act is passed on which the Northern Ireland Assembly is dissolved, see s. 28(6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/13/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:42.519084+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."
}