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[F1[F219A Disqualification for certain offices which may be held by members of the Assembly.U.K.

(1)No person may—

[F3(a)be nominated to hold the office of First Minister or deputy First Minister or a Ministerial office to be held by a Northern Ireland Minister,]

(c)be appointed as a junior Minister, or

(d)be nominated under paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (members of the Northern Ireland Policing Board drawn from the Northern Ireland Assembly),

if he is the holder of a disqualifying office.

(2)A Minister or junior Minister ceases to hold that office on becoming the holder of a disqualifying office.

(3)A person holding office as a member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board in accordance with paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 ceases to hold that office on becoming the holder of a disqualifying office.

(4)In this section “disqualifying office” means—

(a)Minister of the Government of Ireland; or

(b)chairman or deputy chairman of—

(i)a committee of the Dáil Éireann (House of Representatives of Ireland);

(ii)a committee of the Seanad Éireann (Senate of Ireland); or

(iii)a joint committee of the Oireachtas (National Parliament of Ireland).]]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 19A inserted (30.11.2000) by 2000 c. 42, s. 2

F2S. 19A inserted (30.11.2000) by 2000 c. 42, s. 2

F3S. 19A(1)(a) substituted for s. 19A(1)(a)(b) (8.5.2007) by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (c. 53), ss. 2(2), 8, 27(4)(5) (as amended by Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2007 (c. 4), s. 1(1)), {Sch. 5 para. 3} (with s. 1(3)); S.I. 2007/1397, art. 2

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