House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975

Part IV U.K. Offices disqualifying for particular constituencies

Office	Constituency
Member of Her Majesty’s Commission of Lieutenancy for the City of London.	[F1 Any constituency comprising the whole or part of] the City of London.
Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant or Lieutenant for Greater London.	Any constituency comprising any part of Greater London.
Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant or Lieutenant for a county in England and Wales.	Any constituency comprising the whole or part of the area for which he is appointed.
Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant or Lieutenant for [F2 an area] in Scotland.	Any constituency comprising the whole or part of [F3 the area] in which the Lord-Lieutenant holds office or in which the Lord-Lieutenant or Lieutenant discharges his functions.
F4 . . .	F4 . . .
Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant or Lieutenant for F5 . . . the city of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh or Glasgow.	Any constituency comprising the whole or part of [F6 the city in] which the Lord-Lieutenant holds office or for which the Lieutenant is appointed.
Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant or Lieutenant for a county or county borough in Northern Ireland.	Any constituency comprising the whole or part of the area for which he is appointed.
Governor of the Isle of Wight.	[F7 Any constituency comprising any part of the Isle of Wight].
The High Sheriff of Greater London.	Any constituency comprising any part of Greater London.
High Sheriff of a county in England and Wales.	Any constituency comprising the whole or part of the area for which he is appointed.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. IV substituted (16.2.2011) by Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1), ss. 11(3)(a), 19(1)

F2 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. IV substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 99(a)(i); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(C); and the same words substituted (U.K.) (19.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/861, art. 2, Sch. para. 8(1)(a)

F3 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. IV substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 99(a)(ii); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c); and the same words substituted (U.K.) (19.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/861, art. 2, Sch. para. 8(1)(b)

F4 Entry in Sch. 1 Pt. IV repealed (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1)(2), Sch. 13 para. 99(b), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)(d), Sch. 2; and the same entry omitted (U.K.) (19.3.1997) by virtue of S.I. 1997/861, art. 2, Sch. para. 7

F5 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. IV repealed (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 99(c)(i); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)(d), Sch. 2; and the same words omitted (U.K.) (19.3.1997) by virtue of S.I. 1997/861, art. 2, Sch. para. 8(2)(a)

F6 The word “city” in Sch. 1 Pt. IV substituted for the word “district” (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 99(c)(ii); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c); and the words “the city in” substituted for the words “the district in” (U.K.) (19.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/861, art. 2, Sch. para. 8(2)(b)

F7 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. IV substituted (16.2.2011) by Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1), ss. 11(3)(b), 19(1)