House of Lords Act 1999

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2In section 1 of the Recess Elections Act 1975 (issue of warrants for making out writs to replace members of the House of Commons whose seats have become vacant), in—

(a)subsection (1)(a), and

(b)paragraph (a) of the definition of “certificate of vacancy” in subsection (2),

for the words “become a peer” there shall be substituted the words “become disqualified as a peer for membership of the House of Commons”.