Paragraph 9 Person holding public elected position not to be a CommissionerI1 I2

United Kingdom

(1)

A person who holds a relevant office may not be appointed as a Commissioner.

(2)

A person ceases to be a Commissioner if the person begins to hold a relevant office.

(3)

A reference in this Schedule to a person who holds a relevant office is a reference to a person who is—

(a)

a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly;

(b)

a councillor (within the meaning of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 — see section 126(1) of that Act);

(c)

a Member of Parliament;

(d)

a member of a council established under—

(i)

section 2 of the Local Government Act 1972 (councils in England outside London), or

(ii)

paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 2 to that Act (London borough councils);

(e)

a member of the Common Council of the City of London;

(f)

a member of a council established under section 21 of the Local Government Act 1972 (councils in Wales);

(g)

a member of the Scottish Parliament;

(h)

a councillor of a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;

(i)

a member of the Dáil Éireann (House of Representatives of Ireland);

(j)

a member of the Seanad Éireann (Senate of Ireland);

(k)

a member of a city council, county council or city and county council in Ireland;

(l)

a member of the European Parliament from any member State.

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