Part I The Greater London Authority
Qualifications and disqualifications
I121 Disqualification from being the Mayor or an Assembly member.
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A person is disqualified from being elected or being the Mayor or an Assembly member if—
a
he is a member of staff of the Authority;
b
he holds any of the offices or appointments for the time being designated by the Secretary of State in an order as offices or appointments disqualifying persons from being the Mayor or an Assembly member;
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he is the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order F6or an interim bankruptcy restrictions order, or a debt relief restrictions order or interim debt relief restrictions order under Schedule 4ZB of the Insolvency Act 1986;
d
he has within five years before the day of the election, or since his election, been convicted in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man of any offence and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months without the option of a fine; F9...
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he is disqualified under—
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from being elected or being the Mayor or an Assembly memberF10; or
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the person is incapable of being elected to or holding—
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the office of member of the Northern Ireland Assembly having been reported personally guilty or convicted of a corrupt practice under section 114A of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (as applied by Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2599)) (undue influence);
ii
the office of member of a district council in Northern Ireland having been reported personally guilty or convicted of a corrupt practice under paragraph 3 of Schedule 9 to the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (undue influence).
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Subsection (1)(a) does not prevent a person appointed under section 67(1)(b) as the Deputy Mayor for Fire, or appointed under section 67(1)(b) and designated as the Deputy Mayor for Fire, from being elected as or being an Assembly member.
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A paid officer of a London borough council who is employed under the direction of—
a
any of that council’s committees or sub-committees the membership of which includes the Mayor or one or more persons appointed on the nomination of the Authority acting by the Mayor, or
b
a joint committee the membership of which includes one or more members appointed on the nomination of that council and one or more members appointed on the nomination of the Authority acting by the Mayor,
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the executive or any committee of the executive of that council, where that council are operating executive arrangements and the membership of that executive includes the Mayor or one or more persons appointed on the nomination of the Authority acting by the Mayor, or
d
a member of the executive of that council, where that council are operating executive arrangements and that member is also the Mayor or a person appointed on the nomination of the Authority acting by the Mayor,
shall be disqualified from being elected or being the Mayor or an Assembly member.
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In this section executive and executive arrangements have the same meaning as in Part II of the Local Government Act 2000.
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For the purposes of subsection (1)(d) above—
a
the ordinary date on which the period allowed for making an appeal or application with respect to the conviction expires, or
b
if such an appeal or application is made, the date on which the appeal or application is finally disposed of or abandoned or fails by reason of its non-prosecution,
shall be deemed to be the date of the conviction.
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This section shall apply in relation to being returned as a London member under section 11 above otherwise than at an election as it applies in relation to being elected.
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References in this section to election shall accordingly be construed as if a London member so returned were elected at an election on the day on which he is to be treated as returned.