Part 5Disqualification of offenders for holding elective office etc

I2I137Interpretation of Part

1

In this Part—

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

  • relevant elective office” means the office of—

    1. a

      member of the House of Commons;

    2. b

      member of Senedd Cymru;

    3. c

      member of the Northern Ireland Assembly;

    4. d

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

    5. e

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

    6. f

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

    7. fa

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

    8. h

      Mayor of London;

    9. i

      member of the London Assembly;

    10. j

      police and crime commissioner;

  • relevant Scottish elective office” means the office of—

    1. a

      member of the Scottish Parliament, or

    2. 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.