3.—(1) In section 10 of the 2002 Act (disqualification)(1), in subsection (5), for the words from “criminal law or civil law decision” (the first time they appear) to the end substitute “relevant disqualifying decision under the law of the member state of which he is a national.”
(2) In that section, after subsection (5) insert—
“(5A) In this section “relevant disqualifying decision” means, in accordance with Article 6(1) of Council Directive 93/109/EC(2)—
(a)a judicial decision, or
(b)an administrative decision that can be subject to a judicial remedy.”
Section 10 was amended by section 21 of the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003, Schedules 17 and 18 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4), Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c.22), S.I. 2004/1374 and S.I. 2011/1043.
O.J. L 329 30.12.1993 page 34; the Directive was amended by Council Directive 2013/1/EU, O.J. L 026 26.01.2013 page 27.