Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pts. II-IV applied in part (1.1.2007) by The Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/439), reg. 53(6)
(1)No person may—
(a)stand for election as First Minister or as deputy First Minister, or be elected as such,
(b)be nominated to hold a Ministerial office,
(c)be appointed as a junior Minister, or
(d)be nominated under paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (members of the Northern Ireland Policing Board drawn from the Northern Ireland Assembly),
if he is the holder of a disqualifying office.
(2)A Minister or junior Minister ceases to hold that office on becoming the holder of a disqualifying office.
(3)A person holding office as a member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board in accordance with paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 ceases to hold that office on becoming the holder of a disqualifying office.
(4)In this section “disqualifying office” means—
(a)Minister of the Government of Ireland; or
(b)chairman or deputy chairman of—
(i)a committee of the Dáil Éireann (House of Representatives of Ireland);
(ii)a committee of the Seanad Éireann (Senate of Ireland); or
(iii)a joint committee of the Oireachtas (National Parliament of Ireland).]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 19A inserted (30.11.2000) by 2000 c. 42, s. 2