C1 Part III Executive Authorities

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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).