House of Lords Reform Act 2014

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation2014 c. 24
(1) A member of the House of Lords who is a peer may retire or otherwise resign as a member of the House of Lords by giving notice in writing to the Clerk of the Parliaments.specify a date from which the resignation is to take effect, andbe signed by the peer and by a witness.(3) At the beginning of that date the peer ceases to be a member of the House of Lords.(4) Resignation may not be rescinded.(1) A member of the House of Lords who is a peer and does not attend the House of Lords during a Session ceases to be a member of the House at the beginning of the following Session.at no time during the Session attended the House, having regard to attendance records kept by officials of the House, anddid not have leave of absence in respect of the Session, in accordance with Standing Orders of the House.the peer was disqualified from sitting or voting in the House, or suspended from its service, for the whole of the Session, orthe House resolves that subsection (1) should not apply to the peer by reason of special circumstances.(4) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of attendance during a Session that is less than six months long.(5) In this section a reference to attendance is a reference to attending the proceedings of the House (including the proceedings of a Committee of the House) .(6) This section applies in respect of attendance during the first Session to begin after its coming into force and subsequent Sessions.(1) A member of the House of Lords who is convicted of a serious offence ceases to be a member of the House of Lords.convicted of a criminal offence, andsentenced or ordered to be imprisoned or detained indefinitely or for more than one year.whether the offence is committed at a time when the person is a member of the House of Lords;whether any of the offence, conviction, sentence, order, imprisonment or detention occurs in the United Kingdom or elsewhere; (but see subsection (9) ) .(4) The reference in subsection (2) to an offence is only to an offence committed on or after the day on which this section comes into force.(5) The reference in subsection (2) to a person being sentenced or ordered to be imprisoned or detained indefinitely or for more than one year does not include such a sentence or order where the sentence or order is suspended.(6) A certificate under subsection (2) takes effect when it is issued.the Lord Speaker must issue a further certificate to that effect, andon the issue of that certificate, the original certificate under subsection (2) shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as never having had effect.the conviction certified under subsection (2) (a) has been quashed, orvaried so that it is no longer a sentence or order that the person be imprisoned or detained indefinitely or for more than one year within the meaning of subsection (2) (b) , orreplaced with another sentence or order that is not a sentence or order that the person be so imprisoned or detained.(9) A certificate under subsection (2) in respect of a conviction outside the United Kingdom may be issued only if the House of Lords resolves that subsection (1) should apply; and where the House does so resolve the Lord Speaker must issue the certificate.(1) This section applies where a person ceases to be a member of the House of Lords in accordance with this Act.(2) The person becomes disqualified from attending the proceedings of the House of Lords (including the proceedings of a Committee of the House) .(3) Accordingly, the person shall not be entitled to receive a writ to attend the House (whether under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958, by virtue of the dignity conferred by virtue of appointment as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, by virtue of a hereditary

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