1 Removal of disqualification of clergy

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.

3

Accordingly—

a

Schedule 1 (which makes amendments consequential on this section) has effect, and

b

the 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mentioned in Schedule 2 (which relate to the disqualification of clergy from membership of the House of Commons) are repealed to the extent specified in that Schedule.

2 Short title and extent

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.