Persons reported personally guilty of corrupt or illegal practices at European Parliamentary elections
111.—(1) References in this article to the 1983 Act are to that Act as applied by the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 1986(1).
(2) Subject to the provisions of section 174 of the 1983 Act, if a person is reported by an election court personally guilty of a corrupt practice under the 1983 Act in addition to being subject to the incapacities set out in section 160(4) of that Act he shall for five years from the date of that report be incapable of being elected to and sitting in the Assembly and, if already elected to the Assembly, he shall from that date vacate the seat.
(3) Subject to the provisions of section 174 of the 1983 Act, if a person is reported by an election court personally guilty of an illegal practice in addition to being subject to the incapacities set out in section 160(5) of that Act he shall for three years from the date of the report be incapable of being registered as an elector or voting at any Assembly election.
(4) Section 174 of the 1983 Act shall apply to any incapacity imposed under this article as if the incapacity was imposed under section 160 of that Act.
S.I. 1986/2209.