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Local Government (Disqualification) Bill

[AS AMENDED AT CONSIDERATION STAGE]

CONTENTS

1. Disqualification

2. Commencement

3. Interpretation

4. Short Title

 

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Disqualify members of the Northern Ireland Assembly from being a councillor

BE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows:

Disqualification

1. -(1) A person shall be disqualified for being a councillor if that person is a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

(2) The disqualification in subsection (1) shall take effect at the end of 60 days after a person takes his or her seat as a member of the Assembly.

Commencement

2. Section 1 comes into operation on the day of the first local general election to take place after Royal Assent.

Interpretation

3. In this Act -

“Councillor” and “local government” have the same meaning as in the Local Government Act ( Northern Ireland) 1972;

“Local general election” has the same meaning as in the Electoral Law Act ( Northern Ireland) 1962.

Short Title

4. This Act may be cited as the Local Government (Disqualification) Act ( Northern Ireland) 2010.