The Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Act 2019 (Scottish Fuel Poverty Advisory Panel and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2020

Disqualification

3.  An individual is disqualified from appointment, and from holding office, as a member if the individual—

(a) is—

(i) a member of the Scottish Parliament,

(ii) a member of the House of Commons,

(iii) a member of the House of Lords,

(iv) a member of the National Assembly for Wales,

(v) a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly,

(vi) a member of the European Parliament,

(vii) a member of any local authority,

(viii) the holder of any other “relevant elective office” within the meaning of paragraph 1(8) of schedule 7 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000(1),

(ix) a member of the Scottish Government,

(x) a Minister of the Crown,

(xi) an office-holder of the Crown in right of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom,

(xii) an office-holder in the Scottish Administration, or

(xiii) a civil servant,

(b) is or has been disqualified from being a company director under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986(2),

(c) is or has been disqualified from being a charity trustee under the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005(3), or

(d) is or has been disqualified under any disqualification provision analogous to either of those mentioned in sub-paragraphs (b) or (c), anywhere in the world.

(1)

2000 c.41. Paragraph 1(8) of schedule 7 has been amended by S.I. 2004/366 and S.I. 2012/1917.

(2)

1986 c.46.

(3)

2005 asp 10.