Peerage Act 1963

Parliamentary qualifications of Scottish Peers, Irish Peers and Peeresses in own right

4 Scottish peerages.

The holder of a peerage in the peerage of Scotland shall have the same right to receive writs of summons to attend the House of Lords, and to sit and vote in that House, as the holder of a peerage in the peerage of the United Kingdom; and the enactments relating to the election of Scottish representative peers shall cease to have effect.

5 Irish peerages.

The holder of a peerage in the peerage of Ireland shall not by virtue of that peerage be disqualified—

(a) for being or being elected as a member of the House of Commons for any constituency in the United Kingdom; or

(b) for voting at elections for that House whether or not he is a member of that House.

6 Peeresses in own right.

A woman who is the holder of a hereditary peerage in the peerage of England, Scotland, Great Britain or the United Kingdom shall (whatever the terms of the letters patent or other instrument, if any, creating that peerage) have the same right to receive writs of summons to attend the House of Lords, and to sit and vote in that House, and shall be subject to the same disqualifications in respect of membership of the House of Commons and elections to that House, as a man holding that peerage,