Disqualification for office: the Assembly
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22. The following shall be substituted for Article 370 of the 1989 Order (Northern Ireland Assembly disqualification)—
“Assembly disqualification
370.—(1) If the High Court makes a bankruptcy restrictions order or interim order in respect of a member of the Assembly, the Court shall notify the presiding officer of the Assembly.
(2) If the Department accepts a bankruptcy restrictions undertaking made by a member of the Assembly, the Department shall notify the presiding officer of the Assembly.
Irrelevance of privilege
370A. A statutory provision about insolvency applies in relation to a member of the Assembly irrespective of any privilege of the Assembly.”.