C1Part 1National Assembly for Wales
Disqualification
17AF1Exception from disqualification by virtue of being an MP: recently elected members
1
A person returned at an election as an Assembly member is not disqualified under section 16(1)(za) (disqualification by virtue of being an MP) at any time in the period of 8 days beginning with the day the person is so returned.
2
Subsection (3) applies where a person—
a
is returned at an election as an Assembly member,
b
on being so returned is a candidate for election to the House of Commons, and
c
is subsequently returned at that election as a member of that House.
3
The person is not disqualified under section 16(1)(za) at any time in the period of 8 days beginning with the day the person is returned as a member of the House of Commons.
4
A person is a “candidate for election to the House of Commons” if the person's nomination paper for election as a member of the House of Commons has been delivered to the returning officer under rule 6 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983 (parliamentary election rules).
Pt. 1 modified (16.2.2011) by Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1), ss. 13(5), 19(1)