Version Superseded: 31/12/2020
Point in time view as at 26/06/2015. This version of this provision has been superseded.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, Section 6.
(1)For the purposes of this Act a person is a member of the House of Lords if the person is entitled to receive writs of summons to attend that House.
(2)In determining whether a person is so entitled, ignore—
(a)section 2 of the Forfeiture Act 1870 (disqualification on conviction of treason);
(b)sections 426A and 427 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (disqualification on insolvency);
(c)regulation 4 of the European Parliament (House of Lords Disqualification) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1647) (disqualification where MEP).
[F1(d)section 1(3) of the House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015 (suspension).]
(3)In this Act “peer” includes a person upon whom a dignity has been conferred by virtue of appointment as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 6(2)(d) inserted (26.6.2015) by House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015 (c. 14), ss. 2, 4(2)
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