Part I
- (c) so far as may be necessary in consequence of any provision made by this Act or an order under subsection (1), modify any provision made by any enactment relating to the registration of parliamentary electors or local government electors.
(5) The return of a member of the Parliament at an election may be questioned only under Part III of the 1983 c. 2.Representation of the People Act 1983 as applied by an order under subsection (1).
(6) For the purposes of this Act, the regional returning officer for any region is the person designated as such in accordance with an order made by the Secretary of State under this subsection.
Duration of membership
Term of office of members. 13. The term of office of a member of the Parliament begins on the day on which the member is declared to be returned and ends with the dissolution of the Parliament.
Resignation of members. 14. A member of the Parliament may at any time resign his seat by giving notice in writing to the Presiding Officer.
Disqualification
Disqualification from membership of the Parliament. 15.—(1) A person is disqualified from being a member of the Parliament (subject to section 16) if—
- (a) he is disqualified from being a member of the House of Commons under paragraphs (a) to (e) of section 1(1) of the 1975 c. 24.House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (judges, civil servants, members of the armed forces, members of police forces and members of foreign legislatures),
- (b) he is disqualified otherwise than under that Act (either generally or in relation to a particular parliamentary constituency) from being a member of the House of Commons or from sitting and voting in it,
- (c) he is a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, or
- (d) he is an office-holder of a description specified in an Order in Council made by Her Majesty under this subsection.
(2) An office-holder of a description specified in an Order in Council made by Her Majesty under this subsection is disqualified from being a member of the Parliament for any constituency or region of a description specified in the Order in relation to the office-holder.
(3) In this section “office-holder” includes employee or other post-holder.
Exceptions and relief from disqualification. 16.—(1) A person is not disqualified from being a member of the Parliament merely because—
- (a) he is a peer (whether of the United Kingdom, Great Britain, England or Scotland), or
- (b) he has been ordained or is a minister of any religious denomination.
