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House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 15 Cited in Amendments 26 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation2001 c. 13
(1) A person is not disqualified from being or being elected as a member of the House of Commons merely because he has been ordained or is a minister of any religious denomination.(2) But a person is disqualified from being or being elected as a member of that House if he is a Lord Spiritual.Schedule 1 (which makes amendments consequential on this section) has effect, andthe enactments mentioned in Schedule 2 (which relate to the disqualification of clergy from membership of the House of Commons) are repealed to the extent specified in that Schedule.(1) This Act may be cited as the House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001.(2) Any amendment contained in Schedule 1 or repeal contained in Schedule 2 has the same extent as the enactment to which it relates.(3) Subject to that, this Act extends to Northern Ireland.In section 1 of the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (disqualification of holders of certain offices and places) , in subsection (1) , before paragraph (a) insert—
  • (za) is a Lord Spiritual;
.is a Lord Spiritual;(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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