Report by the Chairperson of the Contact Group the the Asian Partners for Co-operation
Section 1(1)(e) of the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 and section 1(1)(e) of the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (disqualification of member of the legislature of any country or territory outside the Commonwealth) are amended as follows.
After “Commonwealth” insert “ (other than Ireland) ”.
In the Northern Ireland Act 1998, after section 19, insert—
In section 29 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (statutory committees), after subsection (5) insert—
In section 40 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (which makes provision as to the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission), after subsection (3) insert—
Section 36(5) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (which has the effect of allowing a member of Seanad Éireann to be a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly) is repealed.
This Act may be cited as the Disqualifications Act 2000.