House of Lords Act 1999 (c. 34)

3 Removal of disqualifications in relation to the House of Commons. U.K.

(1) The holder of a hereditary peerage shall not be disqualified by virtue of that peerage for—

(a) voting at elections to the House of Commons, or

(b) being, or being elected as, a member of that House.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply in relation to anyone excepted from section 1 by virtue of section 2.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 3 applied (14.5.2014) by House of Lords Reform Act 2014 (c. 24), ss. 4(4), 7(3)

C2 S. 3(1)(b) excluded (8.4.2010) by Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c. 25), ss. 42(4), 52