Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 No. 8

PART 2 N.I. DISQUALIFICATIONS

Disqualifications for being councillors N.I.

3  A member of—

(a) the Assembly;

(b) the House of Commons;

(c) the House of Lords;

(d) the legislature of any other country; or

(e) the European Parliament,

is disqualified for being a councillor.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 3 in operation at 1.4.2015 by S.R. 2015/209, art. 2, Sch. 1

Disqualification of councillors for being independent members of policing and community safety partnerships N.I.

4—(1) The Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 is amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 1, in paragraph 9 (disqualifications) after sub-paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A) A person is disqualified for being an independent member of a PCSP if that person is a councillor.”.

(3) In Schedule 2, in paragraph 9 (disqualifications), after sub-paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A) A person is disqualified for being an independent member of a DPCSP if that person is a councillor.”.

Commencement Information

I2 S. 4 in operation at 1.4.2015 by S.R. 2015/209, art. 2, Sch. 1

Disqualification of holders of prescribed offices and employments N.I.

5—(1) In section 4(1)(a) of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (disqualifications), for the words from “place of profit” to “council” there shall be substituted the words “ employment, appointments to which are made by a council if it is a prescribed office or employment ”.

(2) In section 4 of that Act, after subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) The Department must by 30th September 2014 make regulations under subsection (1)(a).”.

Commencement Information

I3 S. 5(1) in operation at 1.2.2015 by S.R. 2015/28, art. 2(a)

I4 S. 5(2) in operation at 2.6.2014 by S.R. 2014/153, art. 2, Sch. 1