C1 Part III Executive Authorities
Authorities
19AF3F1 Disqualification for certain offices which may be held by members of the Assembly.
1
No person may—
F2a
be nominated to hold the office of First Minister or deputy First Minister or a Ministerial office to be held by a Northern Ireland Minister,
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).
Pts. 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)