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House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001
2001 CHAPTER 13
An Act to remove any disqualification from membership of the House of Commons that arises by reason of a person having been ordained or being a minister of a religious denomination and to continue the disqualification of Lords Spiritual from such membership.
11th May 2001
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Removal of disqualification of clergyU.K.
(1)A person is not disqualified from being or being elected as a member of the House of Commons merely because he has been ordained or is a minister of any religious denomination.
(2)But a person is disqualified from being or being elected as a member of that House if he is a Lord Spiritual.
(3)Accordingly—
(a)Schedule 1 (which makes amendments consequential on this section) has effect, and
(b)the enactments mentioned in Schedule 2 (which relate to the disqualification of clergy from membership of the House of Commons) are repealed to the extent specified in that Schedule.
2 Short title and extentU.K.
(1)This Act may be cited as the House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001.
(2)Any amendment contained in Schedule 1 or repeal contained in Schedule 2 has the same extent as the enactment to which it relates.
(3)Subject to that, this Act extends to Northern Ireland.
SCHEDULES
Section 1
SCHEDULE 1U.K. Consequential Amendments
House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c.24)U.K.
1In section 1 of the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (disqualification of holders of certain offices and places), in subsection (1), before paragraph (a) insert—
“(za)is a Lord Spiritual;”.
F12U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 para. 2 repealed (24.10.2002) by 2002 c. 24, ss. 16, 18(2), Sch. 4
Government of Wales Act 1998 (c.38)U.K.
3F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 1 para. 3 repealed by Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), s. 163, Sch. 12 (with Sch. 11 para. 22), the amending provision coming into force immediately after "the 2007 election" (held on 3.5.2007) subject to s. 161(4)(5) of the amending Act, which provides for certain provisions to come into force for specified purposes immediately after the end of "the initial period" (which ended with the day of the first apppointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) - see ss. 46, 161(1)(4)(5) of the amending Act.
Scotland Act 1998 (c.46)U.K.
4In section 16 of the Scotland Act 1998 (exceptions and relief from disqualification from membership of the Parliament), in subsection (1), for paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b)he is a Lord Spiritual.”
Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c.47)U.K.
5In section 36 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (disqualification from membership of the Assembly), in subsection (6) (exception for peers and clergy), for paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b)he is a Lord Spiritual.”
Section 1
SCHEDULE 2U.K. Repeals
| Short title and chapter | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|
| The House of Commons (Clergy Disqualification) Act 1801 (c. 63). | The whole Act. |
| The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 (c. 7). | Section 9. |
| The Clerical Disabilities Act 1870 (c. 91). | In the first Schedule, paragraph (1) |
| The Welsh Church Act 1914 (c. 91). | Section 2(4). |
| The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24). | Section 10. |
| The Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2). | In Schedule 8, paragraph 19. |
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