7(1)A person who has ceased to hold office as the Ombudsman or as an acting Ombudsman is disqualified for the relevant period from—E+W
(a)holding an office which is a listed authority;
(b)being a member, co-opted member, officer or member of staff of a listed authority;
(c)holding a paid office to which appointment is by a listed authority.
(2)The relevant period is the period of three years starting on the date on which the person ceased to hold office as the Ombudsman or (as the case may be) as an acting Ombudsman.
(3)But sub-paragraph (1) does not disqualify a person from—
(a)being a member of the Assembly [F1or the National Assembly for Wales Commission];
(b)holding the office of presiding officer or deputy presiding officer of the Assembly or of [F2First Minister for Wales, Welsh Minister appointed under section 48 of the Government of Wales Act 2006, Counsel General to the Welsh Assembly Government or Deputy Welsh Minister];
(c)being a member or co-opted member of a local authority in Wales;
(d)holding the office of chairman, vice-chairman or elected mayor of a local authority in Wales.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 1 para. 7(3)(a) inserted by Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), s. 160(1), Sch. 10 para. 86(6)(a) (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 appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) - see ss. 46, 161(1)(4)(5) of the amending Act.
F2Words in Sch. 1 para. 7(3)(b) substituted by Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), s. 160(1), Sch. 10 para. 86(6)(b) (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 appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) - see ss. 46, 161(1)(4)(5) of the amending Act.