Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975
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is a member of the House of Commons;holds any of the judicial offices specified in Part I of Schedule 1 to this Act;is employed in the civil service of the Crown, whether in an established capacity or not, and whether for the whole or part of his time;is a member of any of the regular armed forces of the Crown is a member of any police force maintained by F189a local policing body or a police authority;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .is a member of the Dàil Èireann (House of Representatives of Ireland) ;is a member of the legislature of any country or territory outside the Commonwealth F3(other than Ireland) ; orholds any office described in Part II or Part III of Schedule 1.(2) In this section—A person returned at an election as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly is not disqualified under section 1(1) (db) at any time in the period of 8 days beginning with the day the person is so returned. a person who is an officer on the retired or emergency list of any of the regular armed forces of Crown, or who holds an emergency commission in any of those forces, or belongs to any reserve of officers of any of those forces, is not disqualified as a member of those forces; anda naval, army, marine or air force pensioner F7,or former soldier, who is recalled for service for which he is liable as such is not disqualified as a member of the regular armed forces of the Crown.(2) A person is not disqualified under section 1(1) (c) above by reason of his being an Admiral of the Fleet, a Field Marshal or a Marshal of the Royal Air Force, if he does not for the time being hold an appointment in the naval, military or air force service of the Crown.(3) A person is not disqualified under section 1(1) (b) above by reason of his being a member of the Royal Observer Corps unless he is employed as such for the whole of his time.(1) If at any time it is resolved by Northern Ireland Assembly that Schedule 1 to this Act be amended, whether by the addition or omission of any office or the removal of any office from one Part of the Schedule to another, or by altering the description of any office specified therein, Her Majesty may by Order in Council amend that Schedule accordingly.(2) A copy of this Act as from time to time amended by Order in Council under this section or by or under any other enactment shall be prepared and certified by the Clerk of the Parliaments and deposited with the rolls of Parliament; and all copies of this Act thereafter to be printed by Her Majesty’s printer shall be printed in accordance with the copy so certified.(1) No person being a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, or for the time being nominated as a candidate for election to the Assembly, shall be required to accept any office or place by virtue of which he would be disqualified by this Act for membership of the Assembly.(2) This section does not affect any obligation to serve in the armed forces of the Crown, whether imposed by an enactment or otherwise.(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(2) The enactments specified in Schedule 3 to this Act (which include enactments which were spent before the passing of this Act) are hereby repealed, so far as they apply in relation to disqualification for membership of the Northern Ireland Assembly, to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.(3) Nothing in the definition of “regular armed forces of the Crown” in section 1(2) above shall be taken to alter the law in force immediately before the passing of this Act in relation to disqualification for membership of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
- “civil service of the Crown” includes the civil service of Northern Ireland ..., Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service and Her Majesty’s Overseas Civil Service;
- “police authority” means any police authority within the meaning of F4the Police Act 1996F218, the Scottish Police Authority, or the F5Northern Ireland Policing Board; and “member” in relation to a police force means a person employed as a full-time constable;
- “regular armed forces of the Crown” means the Royal Navy, F6the Royal Marines, the regular army (as defined by section 374 of the Armed Forces Act 2006) or the Royal Air Force.
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