SCHEDULE 1 OFFICES DISQUALIFYING FOR MEMBERSHIP
X1Part I JUDICIAL OFFICES
F1Judge of the Supreme Court.
Judge of the High Court of Justice or Court of Appeal.
Judge of the Court of Session.
Judge of the High Court of Justice or Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland.
F2Judge of the Court Martial Appeal Court.
Chairman of the Scottish Land Court.
Circuit Judge.
F3Sheriff principal, sheriff, summary sheriff, temporary sheriff principal, part-time sheriff or part-time summary sheriff in Scotland.
County Court Judge or deputy County Court Judge in Northern Ireland.
F4District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (but not Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts))
F5...
Resident Magistrate appointed under F6... the M1Magistrates’ Courts Acts (Northern Ireland) 1964.
F7Chief or other Social Security Commissioner (not including a deputy Commissioner)
F8Chief or other Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland (not including a deputy Commissioner)
F9Umpire or Deputy Umpire appointed under Schedule 2 to the Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985 for the purposes of section 9 of that Act.
F10Chief or other Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland (excluding a person appointed under paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the Child Support Act 1991).
F11...
F12...
X2Part II BODIES OF WHICH ALL MEMBERS ARE DISQUALIFIED
F13The Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council.
The Advisory Board for the Research Councils.
The Agrément Board.
F14The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board.
F15The Agri-food and Biosciences Institute
F16...
F17...
An Arbitration Tribunal established under Schedule 3 to the M2Industry Act 1975.
The British Railways Board.
F18...
The British Waterways Board.
F21The Care Council for Wales.
F22The Care Quality Commission F23and the Healthwatch England committee.
F24The Channel Four Television Corporation
F25The Charity Commission.
F26The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
F27The Charity Tribunal for Northern Ireland
F28...
F29...
The Civil Aviation Authority.
F30The Civil Service Commission
F31The Coal Authority
F32The Commission for Equality and Human Rights.
F35The Commission on Human Medicines.
The Commission for Local Administration in England.
The Commission for Local Administration in Wales.
F36The Commission for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland
F37The Committee on Climate Change.
F38The Competition Appeal Tribunal.
F39...
F40The Competition and Markets Authority.
F41The Competition Service.
F42The Consumer Council for Water, and each regional committee of the Council established under section 27A of the Water Industry Act 1991.
F43The Copyright Tribunal
F44...
F45The Criminal Cases Review Commission
F46The Crown Agents Holding and Realisation Board
The Crown Estate Commissioners.
F47...
F48A development corporation established under Part III of the Strategic Investment and Regeneration of Sites (Northern Ireland) Order 2003
F49...
F50...
F51The Disclosure and Barring Service.
F52The Electoral Commission.
F53...
F54The Environment Agency.
F55The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.
F56The Fair Employment Tribunal for Northern Ireland
F57The First-tier Tribunal.
F58...
F59The Food Standards Agency
F60...
The Foreign Compensation Commission.
F61The Gambling Commission.
F62Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
F63...
F64The Health and Care Professions Council
F65The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland..
F66The Health and Social Care Information Centre.
F67The Homes and Communities Agency.
F68The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
F69The Human Tissue Authority.
F70...
F71The Independent Broadcasting Authority.F72The Independent Commission for Police Complaints for Northern Ireland
F73The Independent Office for Police Conduct.
F74The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.
F75The Independent Police Complaints Commission.An Industrial Court.
The Industrial Estates Corporations constituted in accordance with the M3Local Employment Act 1972.
The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council.
F76...
F77...
F78Invest Northern Ireland
F79The Juvenile Justice Board.
The Labour Relations Agency.
The Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland.
The Lands Tribunal for Scotland.
The Law Commission.
F80The Legal Services Board.
F81...
F82The Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland.
F83The Low Pay Commission appointed under section 8(9) of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998.
The Mental Health Review Tribunal for Northern Ireland constituted under the M4Mental Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1961.
The Metrication Board.
The Ministry of Defence (Army Department) Teachers Selection Board.
F84The National Audit Office.
A National Broadcasting Council.
F85The National Consumer Council.
F86The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
F87...
F88...
The National Research Development Corporation.
A New Town Commission established under the M5New Towns Act (Northern Ireland) 1965.
F89The Northern Ireland Authority for F90Utility Regulation.
F91The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board
F92The Northern Ireland Health and Personal Social Services Regulation and Improvement Authority.
The Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
F93The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission.
F94The Northern Ireland Law Commission.
F95The Northern Ireland Library Authority
F96The Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery.
F97The Northern Ireland Social Care Council.
F98The Northern Ireland Valuation Tribunal
F99The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
F100The Office for Budget Responsibility.
F101The Office of Communications.
F39...
F102...
F103The Office for Legal Complaints.
F104The Office for Nuclear Regulation.
F105The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills.
F106The Office of Tax Simplification.
F107The Oil and Pipelines Agency
F108A panel of Chairmen of Reinstatement Committees constituted under Schedule 2 to the Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985 for the purposes of section 8 of that Act
The Panel of Official Arbitrators constituted for the purposes of the M6Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919.
F109The Parades Commission for Northern Ireland.
F110The Board of the Pension Protection Fund.
A Pensions Appeal Tribunal.
F111The Pensions Regulator.
F112...
The Planning Appeals Commission in Northern Ireland.
F113The Probation Board for Northern Ireland.
F114The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care
F115...
F116...
A Rural Development Board in Northern Ireland.
F117The Scottish Committee of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council.
F54 The Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
The Scottish Land Court.
The Scottish Law Commission.
F118The Sea Fish Industry Authority.
F119The Sea Fish Licence Tribunal.
F120The Security Industry Authority
F121Seirbheis nam Meadhanan Gàidhlig
F122...
F123The Single Source Regulations Office.
F124The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission
The Social Security Advisory Committee.
F125The Sports Grounds Safety Authority.
F126The Staff Commission for Wales (Comisiwn Staff Cymru).
F127...
F128The Statistics Board
The Transport Tribunal.
F131A tribunal established under Article 3 of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, including any panel constituted for the purposes of any such tribunal.
F132The Tribunal established under section 91 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
F133The Tribunal established under section 65 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.
F134The trustee corporation established by section 75 of the Pensions Act 2008.
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.
The University Grants Committee.
F135The Upper Tribunal.
The Water Appeals Commission for Northern Ireland.
F136The Water Services Regulation Authority.
F137The Welsh Committee of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council.
X3Part III OTHER DISQUALIFYING OFFICES
F138Additional Commissioner of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.
F139...
F140Adjudicating medical practitioner or specially qualified adjudicating medical practitioner F141...
Agent for Northern Ireland in Great Britain.
Ambassador representing Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.
F142Appeal Officer for Community Interest Companies
Arbitrator or other person appointed to hear a dispute under F143... The M7Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973.
F144Assistant Electoral Commissioners.
F145Attorney General for Northern Ireland.
F146...
Boundary Commissioner or Assistant Boundary Commissioner appointed under F147Schedule 1 to the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986.
F148Certification Officer for Northern Ireland.
F149Chair or other member of Monitor.
F150Chair or any member, not also being an employee, of the Patient and Client Council established under section 16 of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009.
F151Chair or any member, not also being an employee, of the Regional Health and Social Care Board established under section 7 of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009.
F152Chair or any member, not also being an employee, of the Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being established under section 12 of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009.
F153Chair or any member, not also being an employee, of the Regional Business Services Organisation established under section 14 of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009.
F154Chair of the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland.
Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards in Northern Ireland.
F155Chairman or vice-chairman of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland..
F156Chairman, or member in receipt of remuneration, of the Big Lottery Fund.
F157Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland
Chairman or Director General of the British Council.
F158Chairman and deputy chairman of the General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland
F159Chairman or non-executive director of a Health and Social Services trust established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.
F160...
F161...
Chairman of the Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland.
Paid Chairman of an industrial training board constituted under the Industrial Training F162(Northern Ireland) Order 1984 or of a committee appointed under F162that Order.
F163...
F164...
Chairman of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board.
Chairman or director of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, or of any company which is a subsidiary of that Company.
F165...
F166Chairman, or member in receipt of remuneration, of the Olympic Lottery Distributor.
Any Chairman of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal.
F167Chairman of the Scottish Legal Aid Board
Chairman of the Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards in Northern Ireland.
Chief Electoral Officer or Deputy Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland.
F168Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland.
F169Chief Land Registrar.
F170The Chief Ombudsman or an assistant ombudsman appointed under section 122 of the Legal Services Act 2007 (Chief Ombudsman and assistant ombudsmen appointed for the purposes of the ombudsman scheme).
F171The Chief Regulator of Qualifications and Examinations F172, the chair of the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation and any member of the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation in receipt of remuneration.
F173Children’s Commissioner
F174Children’s Commissioner for Wales
F175Civil Service Commissioner for Northern Ireland.
Clerk of the Crown and Peace in Northern Ireland.
Clerk or deputy clerk of a district council in Northern Ireland.
Clerk or Assistant Clerk of Petty Sessions in Northern Ireland.
Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner appointed under section 50(1) F176or (4) of, or Schedule 4 to, the M8Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.
F177Commissioner appointed under section 67(1) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000
F178Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland
Commissioner of the City of London Police.
F179Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland
F180Commissioner for Older People in Wales
F181Commissioner for the Retention and Use of Biometric Material
F182Commissioner for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland
F183Compliance Officer for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.
F184...
Comptroller and Auditor-General for Northern Ireland.
Coroner or deputy coroner appointed for any district in Northern Ireland.
Correspondent appointed by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.
Crown Solicitor for Northern Ireland.
F185Deputy Electoral Commissioners.
Director of the British Sugar Corporation Limited appointed by the Ministers as defined by section 17 of the M9Sugar Act 1956.
Director of Cable and Wireless Limited F186nominated by a Minister of the Crown or Government department.
F187Director of the Commonwealth Development Corporation nominated or appointed by the Secretary of State.
F188 Director of any of the following—
- (a)
a company which for the time being holds a licence under Chapter I of Part I of the Transport Act 2000 (a licence company);
- (b)
a company of which a licence company is a subsidiary (within the meaning given by F189section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006;
- (c)
a company which is a subsidiary (within the meaning so given) of a licence company.
- (a)
F190Director of a company for the time being holding an appointment under Chapter I of Part II of the F191Water Industry Act 1991 or of such a company’s holding company, being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown.
F192Director of a company appointed as a water or sewerage undertaker under the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, being a director nominated or appointed by a Northern Ireland department or by a person acting on behalf of a Northern Ireland department
Director of Harland and Wolff Limited.
F193Director of Labour Market Enforcement
F194Director of a Local Healthwatch organisation.
Director of Short Brothers Limited.
Director appointed at a salary of the National Building Agency.
F195Director of any of the following, being a director appointed or nominated by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown—
- (a)
a Post Office company,
- (b)
a Royal Mail company,
- (c)
the original holding company, and
- (d)
a parent company of a company within any of paragraphs (a) to (c).
Expressions used in paragraphs (a) to (d) have the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Postal Services Act 2011.
- (a)
Director, or Deputy Director, of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.
F196Director of a publicly controlled company (within the meaning of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Energy Act 2004) to which transfers have been made in accordance with provisions of nuclear transfer schemes authorised by that Chapter.
F197Director of a publicly owned successor company (within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1995) .
Director of S.B. (Realisations) Limited nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or government department.
Director or receiver appointed by the Department or Ministry of Finance for Northern Ireland of any company.
Director of the Holding Company referred to in the M10Transport Act 1962.
F198Director of the successor company (within the meaning of Part V of the Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994), being a director nominated or appointed by a Northern Ireland department or by a person acting on behalf of a Northern Ireland department
F199Director of the successor company (within the meaning of the British Technology Group Act 1991) being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown
F200Director of the successor company (within the meaning of the Crown Agents Act 1995) being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown .
F201Director of a successor company (within the meaning of Part II of the Electricity Act 1989), being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown
F202Director of a successor company (within the meaning of Part III of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992), being a director nominated or appointed by a Northern Ireland department or by a person acting on behalf of a Northern Ireland department
F203Director of the successor company (within the meaning of the Gas Act 1986), being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown
F204Director General of Electricity Supply for Northern Ireland.
F205Director General of Gas for Northern Ireland
F206Employee of the National Audit Office.
Examiner or member of a board of interviewers appointed by the Civil Service Commissioners.
Examiner for entrance examination to, or member of a board of interviewers for entrance to, the civil service of Northern Ireland.
Governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Governor, Deputy Governor or F207non-executive director of the Bank of England.
Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Secretary, or Captain of Invalids of Chelsea Hospital.
Governor, Medical Officer or other officer or member of the staff of a prison to which the M11Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 applies.
Health Service Commissioner for England.
F208...
Health Service Commissioner for Wales.
F209Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales or Prif Arolygydd Ei Mawrhydi dros Addysg a Hyfforddiant yng Nghymru.
High Commissioner representing Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.
F210The Immigration Services Commissioner
F211The Deputy Immigration Services Commissioner
F212Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner
F213Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures in Northern Ireland .
Independent person appointed under section 7(3) or section 8(4) of the M12Caravans Act (Northern Ireland) 1963.
F214The Information Commissioner
F215Investigating Commissioner of, or member of a decision-making committee of, the Commission for Equality and Human Rights.
Judge Advocate General, Vice Judge Advocate General F216or Assistant Judge Advocate General.
Juries Officer.
Lay observer appointed under Article 42 of the M13Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976.
F217...
F217...
Member of an Agricultural Marketing Board appointed by the Minister under Schedule 2 to the M14Agricultural Marketing Act 1958.
F218Member appointed by the Head of the Department of Agriculture of an Agricultural Marketing Board constituted under Part II of the Agricultural Marketing (Northern Ireland) Order 1982.
Member appointed by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food F219... of an agricultural wages committee established under the M15Agricultural Wages Act 1948 or chairman of such a committee.
Member appointed by the Secretary of State of the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board.
Member appointed by the Head of the Department or Minister of Agriculture for Northern Ireland of the Agricultural Wages Board for Northern Ireland.
F220Member of staff of the Children’s Commissioner
F221Member of the staff of the Children’s Commissioner for Wales
F222Member of staff of the Commissioner for Older People in Wales
F223Member of the Determinations Panel established by the Pensions Regulator under section 9 of the Pensions Act 2004.
F224Member of the staff of the Disclosure and Barring Service.
F225Member of the staff of the Electoral Commission.
F226Member of the governing body of the Financial Conduct Authority;
F227Member of the Financial Policy Committee of the Bank of England appointed under section 9B(1)(d) or (e) of the Bank of England Act 1998.
F228...
F229...
F230...
F231Member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England appointed under section 13(2)(b) or (c) of the Bank of England Act 1998. .
F184...
F232...
F233Member of the Staff of the Northern Ireland Audit Office
F234Member of staff of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Energy Act 2013).
F235Any member, in receipt of remuneration, of a panel of persons who may be selected to act as members of the Pensions Regulator Tribunal.
F236Member of a panel of persons appointed under Article 7 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.
Member of a panel of valuers appointed at an annual salary under section 4 of the M16Inland Revenue Regulation Act 1890.
F237...
F238Member of the Prudential Regulation Committee of the Bank of England appointed under section 30A(2)(f) or (g) of the Bank of England Act 1998
F239Any member of the Residuary Body for Wales (Corff Gweddilliol Cymru) in receipt of remuneration
F240...
F241Any member of the staff of the State Pathologist’s Department.
F242...
F243Northern Ireland Human Rights Commissioner.
F241Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Ombudsman.
F242...
F244The Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman
Officer or other member of the County Court Service within the meaning of the M17County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959.
Officer or servant of the Crown Estate Commissioners.
Officer of the F245Senior Courts F246being the holder of any office listed in any Part of Schedule 2 to the F247Senior Courts Act 1981 or a district registrar, or assistant district registrar, of the High Court
F248Ombudsman for the Board of the Pension Protection Fund and any deputy to that Ombudsman appointed under section 210 of the Pensions Act 2004.
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration.
F249Parole Commissioner for Northern Ireland
F250Pensions Ombudsman and any deputy to that Ombudsman appointed under section 145A of the Pension Schemes Act 1993.
F251Person on the list of those eligible to sit as members of a Gender Recognition Panel.
F252The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.
F236President of appeal tribunals (within the meaning of Chapter I of Part II of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998) appointed under Article 6 of that Order.
Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.
F253Registrar or Assistant Registrar appointed under section 6 or section 7 of the County Courts Act 1984
Registrar of the Privy Council.
F254...
F255Regulator of Community Interest Companies
F256Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
F257Sentence Review Commissioner.
F258Small Business Commissioner or Deputy Small Business Commissioner.
Standing Counsel to any department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.
Statutory officer appointed under section 70 of the M18Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978.
Substitution Officer of the Royal Air Force.
Technical Adviser to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.
F259Traffic Director for London.
F260SCHEDULE 2
The Northern Ireland Assembly Act 1973
X41
In section 3 (1) and (4)(b) of the M19Northern Ireland Assembly Act 1973, as amended by section 30 (3) of the M20Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973, for the words “1957” there shall be substituted “1975”.
X52
In section 3 (3) of the Northern Ireland Assembly Act 1973 for the words “by this section”, in paragraphs (a) and (c), there shall be substituted —
(a)
in paragraph (a), the words “by this section, or by the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975” , and
(b)
in paragraph (c), the words “by this section, or by that Act”.
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F262SCHEDULE 3
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