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Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973

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30Disqualification for membership of Assembly

(1)For section 10 of the [1957 c. 20.] House of Commons Disqualification Act 1957 (which applies certain provisions of that Act to the Senate and House of Commons of the Parliament of Northern Ireland) there shall be substituted—

“10Provisions relating to Northern Ireland Assembly.

(1)Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the following provisions of this Act, that is to say—

(a)section 1(1), (3) and (4) and sections 3, 5, 8 and 9 ; and

(b)Parts I, II and III of Schedule 1,

shall apply in relation to the Northern Ireland Assembly as they apply in relation to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and references in those provisions to the House of Commons shall be construed accordingly.

(2)In relation to the Northern Ireland Assembly for Parts II and III of Schedule 1 to this Act there shall be substituted the Parts set out in Schedule 3 to this Act.”

(2)In Schedule 3 to the said Act of 1957 the heading shall be changed to " Provisions substituted for Parts II and III of Schedule 1 in relation to Northern Ireland Assembly " and all the other provisions of that Schedule except the substituted Parts II and III shall be omitted.

(3)In section 3 of the [1973 c. 17.] Northern Ireland Assembly Act 1973 (disqualification for membership of Assembly) in subsection (1) for the words from " a person is disqualified for membership of the Assembly" onwards there shall be substituted the words " a person is disqualified for membership of the Assembly if he is disqualified for membership of the Commons House of the Parliament of the United Kingdom otherwise than by the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1957 " and in subsection (3) of that section references to a disqualification imposed by that section shall include references to a disqualification imposed by the said Act of 1957 as amended by this section.

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