SCHEDULE 13 Minor and Consequential Amendments

The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c.24)

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In Part IV of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (offices disqualifying for particular constituencies)—

a

in the entry relating to Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant or Lieutenant for a region in Scotland—

i

for the words “a region” substitute “ an area ”; and

ii

for the words from “such part” to “Majesty” substitute “ the area ”;

b

the entry relating to Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant or Lieutenant for an islands area in Scotland shall cease to have effect; and

c

in the entry relating to Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant or Lieutenant for the district of the city of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, or Glasgow—

i

the words “the district of” shall cease to have effect; and

ii

for “district” substitute “ city ”.