1 Removal of disqualification of clergy
1
A person is not disqualified from being or being elected as a member of the House of Commons merely because he has been ordained or is a minister of any religious denomination.
2
But a person is disqualified from being or being elected as a member of that House if he is a Lord Spiritual.
3
Accordingly—
a
Schedule 1 (which makes amendments consequential on this section) has effect, and
b
the enactments mentioned in Schedule 2 (which relate to the disqualification of clergy from membership of the House of Commons) are repealed to the extent specified in that Schedule.