{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-troubles-legacy-and-reconciliation-act-2023/schedule-1/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-troubles-legacy-and-reconciliation-act-2023/schedule-1/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/41",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-troubles-legacy-and-reconciliation-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Person holding public elected position not to be a Commissioner",
  "text": "(1) A person who holds a relevant office may not be appointed as a Commissioner.\n(2) A person ceases to be a Commissioner if the person begins to hold a relevant office.\n(3) A reference in this Schedule to a person who holds a relevant office is a reference to a person who is—\n(a) a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly;\n(b) a councillor (within the meaning of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 — see section 126(1) of that Act);\n(c) a Member of Parliament;\n(d) a member of a council established under—\n(i) section 2 of the Local Government Act 1972 (councils in England outside London), or\n(ii) paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 2 to that Act (London borough councils);\n(e) a member of the Common Council of the City of London;\n(f) a member of a council established under section 21 of the Local Government Act 1972 (councils in Wales);\n(g) a member of the Scottish Parliament;\n(h) a councillor of a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;\n(i) a member of the Dáil Éireann (House of Representatives of Ireland);\n(j) a member of the Seanad Éireann (Senate of Ireland);\n(k) a member of a city council, county council or city and county council in Ireland;\n(l) a member of the European Parliament from any member State.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 9 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 63(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 9 in force at 1.12.2023 by S.I. 2023/1293, reg. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/41/schedule/1/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:51:56.215171+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."
}