SCHEDULE 5 Undue Influence: Further Provision
Elections Act 2022 (2022 c 37) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 5 Undue Influence: Further Provision

Section 8

Local Government Act 1972

1

The Local Government Act 1972 is amended as follows.

2

In section 80 (disqualifications for election and holding office as member of local authority), in subsection (1), after paragraph (e) insert “; or

(f)     is incapable of being elected to or holding—

(i)     the office of member of the Northern Ireland Assembly having been reported personally guilty or convicted of a corrupt practice under section 114A of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (as applied by Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001 (SI 2001/2599)) (undue influence);

(ii)     the office of member of a district council in Northern Ireland having been reported personally guilty or convicted of a corrupt practice under paragraph 3 of Schedule 9 to the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (undue influence);â€.

Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972

3

In section 4 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (disqualifications), in subsection (1), after paragraph (e) insert—

“(ea)     the person is incapable of being elected to or holding—

(i)     the office of member of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom,

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