[F11AMembers of the House of CommonsU.K.
(1)A person returned at an election as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly is not disqualified under section 1(1)(za) at any time in the period of 8 days beginning with the day the person is so returned.
(2)Subsection (3) applies where a person—
(a)is returned at an election as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly,
(b)on being so returned is a candidate for election to the House of Commons, and
(c)is subsequently returned at that election as a member of that House.
(3)The person is not disqualified under section 1(1)(za) at any time in the period of 8 days beginning with the day the person is returned as a member of the House of Commons.
(4)A person is a “candidate for election to the House of Commons” if the person's nomination paper for election as a member of the House of Commons has been delivered to the returning officer under rule 6 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983 (parliamentary election rules).]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 1A inserted (29.3.2016) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (c. 13), ss. 3(2), 28(6)