30 Disqualification orders
Elections Act 2022 (2022 c 37) | Legislation

Part 5 Disqualification of Offenders for Holding Elective Office etc

30  Disqualification orders

(1)     This section applies where—

(a)     a person (“the offender”) is convicted of a Schedule 9 offence,

(b)     the offender was aged 18 or over when the offence was committed, and

(c)     the court is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the offence is aggravated by hostility related to persons falling within any of sections 32 to 34.

(2)     The court must, when dealing with the offender for the offence, also make an order (a “disqualification order”) that the offender is disqualified, for the period of 5 years beginning with the date on which

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