Part 5Disqualification of offenders for holding elective office etc

37Interpretation of Part

(1)

In this Part—

“disqualification order” means an order made under section 30;

“relevant elective office” means the office of—

(a)

member of the House of Commons;

(b)

member of Senedd Cymru;

(c)

member of the Northern Ireland Assembly;

(d)

member of a local authority in England, Wales or Northern Ireland;

(e)

elected mayor (within the meaning of Part 1A or 2 of the Local Government Act 2000);

(f)

mayor for the area of a combined authority established under section 103 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

(g)

F1mayor for the area of a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;

(h)

Mayor of London;

(i)

member of the London Assembly;

(j)

police and crime commissioner;

“relevant Scottish elective office” means the office of—

(a)

member of the Scottish Parliament, or

(b)

member of a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.

(2)

In the definition of “relevant elective office” in subsection (1), “local authority” means—

(a)

in relation to England, a county council, a district council, a parish council, a London borough council or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

(b)

in relation to Wales, a county council, a county borough council or a community council;

(c)

in relation to Northern Ireland, a district council.