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X1Part IIIU.K. OTHER DISQUALIFYING OFFICES

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X1Sch. 1 Pt. III: due to the large number of entries contained in Sch. 1 Pt. III and the frequency with which it has been amended, new versions are created less frequently than is usual SLD practice. This version of this provision contains details of amendments coming into force on or after 6.2.1991 and before 2.9.1998 (repealed text is retained). For previous amendment history, please refer to earlier versions.

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  • Additional Commissioner of the Commission for Racial Equality.

  • [F1 Additional Commissioner of the Commission for Racial Equality for Northern Ireland.]

  • Additional Commissioner of the Equal Opportunities Commission.

  • Additional Commissioner of the Equal Opportunities Commission for Northern Ireland.

  • Adjudicator appointed for the purposes of the M1Immigration Act 1971.

  • [F2Adjudicating medical practitioner or specially qualified adjudicating medical practitioner appointed under or by virtue of Part II of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992]

  • Agent for Northern Ireland in Great Britain.

  • Ambassador representing Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.

  • Arbitrator or other person appointed to hear a dispute under [F3any of the following enactments—]

    • [F4Article 43 of the Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1980]

    • The M2Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973.

  • Auditor of the Civil List.

  • Boundary Commissioner or Assistant Boundary Commissioner appointed under [F5Schedule 1 to the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986].

  • [F6Certification Officer for Northern Ireland.]

  • Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards in Northern Ireland.

  • [F7 Chairman or vice-chairman of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland..]

  • F8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • [F9 Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland.]

  • Chairman or Director General of the British Council.

  • F10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • [F11Chairman of a consumers’ committee appointed under section 2 of the Electricity Act 1989]

  • [F12Chairman of the Consumer Committee for Electricity appointed under Article 7 of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992.]

  • [F13Chairman of a customer service committee [F14maintained under section 28 of the Water Industry Act 1991]]

  • [F15Chairman of a designated agency within the meaning of the Financial Services Act 1986 if he is in receipt of renumeration]

  • F16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • Chairman of the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland.

  • [F17Chairman and deputy chairman of the General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland]

  • Chairman [F18or any member, not being also an employee,]of a Health and Social Services Board established under Article 16 of the M3Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.

  • [F19 Chairman or non-executive director of a Health and Social Services trust established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.]

  • [F20Chairman of the Legal Aid Board]

  • Chairman of the Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland.

  • Paid Chairman of an industrial training board constituted under the Industrial Training [F21(Northern Ireland) Order 1984]or of a committee appointed under [F21that Order].

  • F22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • Chairman of the National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Northern Ireland [F23or member of that Board appointed at a salary].

  • [F24 Chairman of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (”NESTA”) and, if in receipt of remuneration, any other member of NESTA;]

  • [F25Chairman of the National Lottery Charities Board and any chairman of a committee of that Board.]

  • [F26 Chairman of the New Opportunities Fund and, if in receipt of remuneration, any other member of that Fund;]

  • Chairman of the Northern Ireland Central Services Agency for the Health and Social Services.

  • F27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • [F28Chairman of the Northern Ireland Health and Social Services Training Council]

  • Chairman of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board.

  • [F29Paid Chairman or other paid member of the Northern Ireland Training [F30Authority].]

  • Chairman or director of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, or of any company which is a subsidiary of that Company.

  • Any Chairman of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal.

  • [F31Chairman of the Scottish Legal Aid Board]

  • Chairman of the Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards in Northern Ireland.

  • F32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • [F33Chairman of a transferee body within the meaning of Schedule 11 to the Financial Services Act 1986 if he is in receipt of remuneration.]

  • Chief Electoral Officer or Deputy Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland.

  • [ F34Chief executive of the National Enterprise Board.]

  • Clerk of the Crown and Peace in Northern Ireland.

  • Clerk or deputy clerk of a district council in Northern Ireland.

  • Clerk or Assistant Clerk of Petty Sessions in Northern Ireland.

  • Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland.

  • Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner appointed under section 50(1) or (2) of, or Schedule 4 to, the M4Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.

  • Commissioner of the City of London Police.

  • Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.

  • [F35Commissioner for Protection Against Unlawful Industrial Action.]

  • [F36Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members.]

  • Comptroller and Auditor General.

  • Comptroller and Auditor-General for Northern Ireland.

  • Coroner or deputy coroner appointed for any district in Northern Ireland.

  • Correspondent appointed by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.

  • Crown Solicitor for Northern Ireland.

  • The Data Protection Registrar

  • Director of the British Sugar Corporation Limited appointed by the Ministers as defined by section 17 of the M5Sugar Act 1956.

  • Director of Cable and Wireless Limited [F37nominated by a Minister of the Crown or Government department].

  • [F38Director of a company for the time being holding an appointment under Chapter I of Part II of the [F39Water Industry Act 1991] or of such a company’s holding company, being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown.]

  • Director of Harland and Wolff Limited.

  • Director of Short Brothers Limited.

  • Director appointed at a salary of the National Building Agency.

  • Director, or Deputy Director, of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.

  • [F40 Director of a publicly owned successor company (within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1995).]

  • Director of S.B. (Realisations) Limited nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or government department.

  • Director or receiver appointed by the Department or Ministry of Finance for Northern Ireland of any company.

  • [F41Director or receiver of any company in receipt of financial assistance under Part III of the Industrial Development (Northern Ireland) Order 1982, being a director or receiver nominated or appointed by a head of a department or department of the Government of Northern Ireland.]

  • Director of the Holding Company referred to in the M6Transport Act 1962.

  • [F42Director of the successor company (within the meaning of the Airports Act 1986) being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown]

  • [F43 Director of the successor company (within the meaning of Part V of the Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994), being a director nominated or appointed by a Northern Ireland department or by a person acting on behalf of a Northern Ireland department]

  • [F44Director of the successor company (within the meaning of the British Technology Group Act 1991) being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown]

  • [F45Director of the successor company (within the meaning of the British Steel Act 1988) being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown]

  • [F46 Director of the successor company (within the meaning of the Crown Agents Act 1995) being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown]

  • [F47Director of a successor company (within the meaning of Part II of the Electricity Act 1989), being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown]

  • [F48Director of a successor company (within the meaning of Part III of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992), being a director nominated or appointed by a Northern Ireland department or by a person acting on behalf of a Northern Ireland department]

  • [F49Director of the successor company (within the meaning of the Gas Act 1986), being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown]

  • [F50Director of the successor company (within the meaning of Part V of the Telecommunications Act 1984, being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown]

  • [F51Director General of Electricity Supply]

  • [F52Director General of Electricity Supply for Northern Ireland.]

  • Director General of Fair Trading.

  • [F53 Director General of Gas for Northern Ireland]

  • [F54Director General of Gas Supply]

  • F55[F56Director General of the National Lottery.]

  • [F57Director General of Telecommunications]

  • [F58Director General of Water Services]

  • Examiner or member of a board of interviewers appointed by the Civil Service Commissioners.

  • Examiner for entrance examination to, or member of a board of interviewers for entrance to, the civil service of Northern Ireland.

  • [F59Full-time chairman of a child support appeal tribunal established under Article 23 of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.]

  • Governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

  • Governor, Deputy Governor or Director of the Bank of England.

  • Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Secretary, or Captain of Invalids of Chelsea Hospital.

  • Governor, Medical Officer or other officer or member of the staff of a prison to which the M7Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 applies.

  • Health Service Commissioner for England.

  • Health Service Commissioner for Scotland.

  • Health Service Commissioner for Wales.

  • High Commissioner representing Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.

  • [F56 Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures in Northern Ireland. .]

  • Independent person appointed under section 7(3) or section 8(4) of the M8Caravans Act (Northern Ireland) 1963.

  • Industrial Assurance Commissioner or Deputy Industrial Assurance Commissioner appointed under the M9Industrial Assurance Act (Northern Ireland) 1924.

  • [F60The International Rail Regulator]

  • Judge Advocate of the Fleet.

  • Judge Advocate General, Vice Judge Advocate General, Assistant Judge Advocate General or Deputy Judge Advocate.

  • Juries Officer.

  • Lay observer appointed under Article 42 of the M10Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976.

  • [F61The Legal Services Ombudsman]

  • Member of an Agricultural Marketing Board appointed by the Minister under Schedule 2 to the M11Agricultural Marketing Act 1958.

  • [F62Member appointed by the Head of the Department of Agriculture of an Agricultural Marketing Board constituted under Part II of the Agricultural Marketing (Northern Ireland) Order 1982.]

  • Member appointed by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales or of an agricultural wages committee established under the M12Agricultural Wages Act 1948 or chairman of such a committee.

  • Member appointed by the Secretary of State of the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board.

  • Member appointed by the Head of the Department or Minister of Agriculture for Northern Ireland of the Agricultural Wages Board for Northern Ireland.

  • [F63Any member of the Financial Services Tribunal in receipt of remuneration]

  • [F64Any member of the Insolvency Practitioners Tribunal in receipt of remuneration.]

  • [F65Member of the Legal Aid Board].

  • [F66 Member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England appointed under section 13(2)(b) or (c) of the Bank of England Act 1998..]

  • [F67Member of the staff of the National Audit Office]

  • [F68Member of the Staff of the Northern Ireland Audit Office]

  • Member of a panel of valuers appointed at an annual salary under section 4 of the M13Inland Revenue Regulation Act 1890.

  • F69[Any member of the Police Information Technology Organisation in receipt of remuneration.]

  • F70[Any member of the Residuary Body for Wales (Corff Gweddilliol Cymru) in receipt of remuneration.]

  • F71[F72Member of a Wages Council appointed under paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 2 to the Wages Act 1986]

  • [F73Member of a Wages Council appointed under paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 2 to the Wages (Northern Ireland) Order 1988]

  • Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints.

  • F74[Northern Ireland Commissioner for Protection Against Unlawful Industrial Action.]

  • [F75Northern Ireland Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members.]

  • [F76Assembly Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.]

  • F77. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • [F78Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in England.]

  • [F78Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales.]

  • Officer or servant employed under the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis or the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.

  • Officer or other member of the County Court Service within the meaning of the M14County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959.

  • Officer or servant of the Crown Estate Commissioners.

  • Officer of the Supreme Court [F79being the holder of any office listed in any Part of Schedule 2 to the Supreme Court Act 1981 or a district registrar, or assistant district registrar, of the High Court]

  • Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration.

  • [F80President of Social Security Appeal Tribunals, Medical Appeal Tribunals and Disability Appeal Tribunals for Northern Ireland.]

  • [F81Full-time Chairman of Social Security Appeal Tribunals, Medical Appeal Tribunals and Disability Appeal Tribunals for Northern Ireland.].

  • Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.

  • [F82Registrar or Assistant Registrar appointed under section 6 or section 7 of the County Courts Act 1984]

  • Registrar or Assistant Registrar of Friendly Societies.

  • Registrar of the Privy Council.

  • Registrar of Public Lending Right.

  • Standing Counsel to any department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.

  • Statutory officer appointed under section 70 of the M15Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978.

  • Substitution Officer of the Royal Air Force.

  • Technical Adviser to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.

  • [F83Traffic Director for London.]

  • Under-sheriff appointed under section 1 of the M16Sheriffs (Ireland) Act 1920.

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry inserted (30.6.1997) by S.I. 1997/869 (N.I. 6), art. 73, Sch. 2 para. 1(2); S.R. 1997/273, art. 2, Sch.

F2Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry inserted (1.7.1992) by 1992 c. 9, ss. 4, 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 13(d)

F3Sch. 1 Pt. 3: words in entry repealed (17.2.1994) by S.I. 1993/3160 (N.I. 15), arts. 1(2), 134(3), Sch. 11

F4Words substituted by S.I. 1980/1085 (N.I. 11), art. 1(3), Sch. 8 and repealed (17.2.1994) by S.I. 1993/3160 (N.I. 15) arts. 1(2), 134(3), Sch. 11

F6Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry inserted (1.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/807 (N.I. 5), art. 69(11); S.R. 1992/212, art. 2(3)

F7Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry inserted (1.9.1995) by S.I. 1995/1623 (N.I. 8), art. 3(2), Sch. para. 10; S.R. 1995/304, art. 2

F9Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1998/261 (N.I. 2), art. 3(2), Sch. 1 para. 10; S.R. 1998/65, art. 2

F16Entry repealed by S.I. 1984/1822, (N.I. 12), Sch. 3

F17Words inserted by S.I. 1984/1822, (N.I. 12). Sch. 1 para. 6

F18Words in Sch. 1 Pt. III inserted (N.I.) (1.4.1991) by S.I. 1991/194, arts. 1(3), 34, Sch. 5 Pt. I

F19Entry in Sch. 1 Pt. III inserted (15.4.1991) by S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1), art. 34, Sch. 5 Pt. II; S.R. 1991/131, art. 2(b), Sch. Pt. I

F23Sch. 1 Pt. 3: words in entry inserted (1.4.1993) by 1992 c. 16, s. 16(1), Sch. 2 para. 2; S.I. 1993/588, art. 2

F24Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry inserted (2.7.1998) by 1998 c. 22, ss. 16(2), 27(4), Sch. 4 para. 10(2)

F25Sch. 1 Pt. III: Entry inserted (21.12.1993) by 1993 c. 39, s. 37, Sch. 5 para. 11(2); S.I. 1993/2632, art. 3

F26Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry inserted (2.7.1998) by 1998 c. 22, ss. 8(4), 27(4)

F28Entry in Sch. 1 Pt. III repealed (1.4.1991) by S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1), arts. 1(3), 35, Sch. 6 Pt. I

F29Entry in Sch. 1 Pt. III repealed (6.2.1991) by S.I. 1990/1200 (N.I.8), art. 7(3), Sch. 2 Pt. II; S.R. 1991/17, art. 2

F35Sch. 1 Pt. III: Entry inserted (30.8.1993) by 1993 c. 19, s. 49(2), Sch. 8 para. 7; S.I. 1993/1908, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F40Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry inserted (8.11.1995) by 1995 c. 37, s. 6, Sch. 2 para. 15

F41Entry substituted by S.I. 1982/1083 (N.I. 15), Sch. 4

F43Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry inserted (25.4.1994) by S.I. 1994/426 (N.I. 1), arts. 1(2), 51(2) (subject to art. 56(3))

F46Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry inserted (21.3.1997) by 1995 c. 24, s. 13(1)(a); S.I. 1997/1139, art. 2

F53Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry inserted (10.6.1996) by S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2), art. 4(5), Sch. 1 para. 8; S.R. 1996/216, art. 2 (subject to arts. 3, 4)

F55Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry inserted (25.10.1993) by 1993 c. 39, ss. 3, Sch. 2 para. 9(2); S.I. 1993/2632, art. 2

F56Entry in Sch. 1 Pt. III inserted (N.I.) (27.8.1991) by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 24, SIF 39:1), ss. 60(3), 69(1), Sch. 6 para. 5 (which insertion fell (N.I.) (25.8.1996) by reason of the repeal of 1991 c. 24 by 1996 c. 22, ss. 59, 62(1), 63(3)(7), Sch. 7 Pt. I) and entry inserted (N.I.) (temp.)(25.8.1996) by 1996 c. 22, ss. 51, 62(1)-(3), Sch. 4 para. 5 (as continued by S.I. 1997/1114, art. 3, and amended by 1998 c. 9, s. 1(2)(3))

F59Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry inserted (1.9.1992) by S.I. 1991/2628 (N.I. 23), arts. 1(2), 51(3), Sch. 5 para.1; S.R. 1992/347, art. 2

F60Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry inserted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3060, reg. 7(6), Sch. 2 para. 8

F62Words substituted by S.I. 1982/1080 (N.I. 12), Sch. 8

F66Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry inserted (1.6.1998) by 1998 c. 11, s. 13, Sch. 3 para. 15; S.I. 1998/1120, art. 2

F69Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry inserted (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 50, s. 134(1), Sch. 9 para. 30(3); S.I. 1998/354, art. 2(2)(ay)(bb)

F70Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry inserted (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 39, 66(2)(b), Sch. 13 para. 5 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))

F71Sch. 1 Pt. III: Entry repealed (30.8.1993) by 1993 c. 19, s. 51, Sch. 10; S.I. 1993/1908, art. art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Table

F73Words substituted by S.I. 1988/796 (N.I. 7), art. 27(1), Sch. 4 para. 5 and repealed (7.2.1994 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.7.1994) by S.I. 1993/2668 (N.I. 11), art. 18(4), Sch. 8; S.R. 1993/476, art. 2, Sch.; S.R. 1994/215, art. 2(1)

F74Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry inserted (1.10.1995) by S.I. 1995/1980 (N.I. 12), art. 150(2), Sch. 2; S.R. 1995/354, art. 2(1) (with transitional provaisions in art. 3)

F75Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry inserted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/807 (N.I. 5), art. 71(2), Sch. 2 para. 13; S.R. 1992/212, art. 2(4) and entry continued (1.10.1995) by S.I. 1995/1980 (N.I. 12), art. 150(2), Sch. 2; S.R. 1995/354, art. 2(1) (with transitional provisions in art. 3)

F76Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry substituted (16.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1298 (N.I. 8), arts. 1(2), 21(1), Sch. 5

F78Sch. 1 Pt. III: entries inserted (31.8.1992 for E.W. and 1.5.1993 for S.) by 1992 c. 38, ss. 1(6), 5(6), Sch. 1 para. 9(2); S.I. 1992/1157, art. 2 Sch.; S.I. 1993/1190, art. 3 (with art. 4) and entries continued (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 57, ss. 47(1), 48(2), Sch. 6 para. 3

F80Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry substituted (1.7.1992) by 1992 c. 9, ss. 4, 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 13(f)

F81Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry substituted (1.7.1992) by 1992 c. 9, ss. 4, 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 13(e)

F83Entry in Sch. 1 Part III inserted (1.10.1991) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 52(2), Sch. 5, para. 12(2)(with s. 79(1)); S.I. 1991/2054, art. 3, Sch.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2Sch. 1 Pt. III: entry continued (19.6.1997) by 1997 c. 24, ss. 23(1), 24(2), Sch. 4 para. 2

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