# Recess Elections Act 1975, Section 3: Acceptance of office.


(1) A Member of the House of Commons who accepts a disqualifying office shall forthwith give written notice of his acceptance to the Speaker; and the notice may be given by signing a certificate of vacancy.
(2) Where a seat becomes vacant on a Member’s acceptance of a disqualifying office, the Speaker shall not issue a warrant under section 1 above unless the certificate of vacancy is accompanied by a copy of the issue of the London, Edinburgh or Belfast Gazette in which the Member’s appointment to that office was gazetted.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/66/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/recess-elections-act-1975/section-3
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.