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—
- 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;
- fa
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;
- a
“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.
- a
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.