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Part IV Offices disqualifying for particular constituencies

OfficeConstituency
Member of Her Majesty’s Commission of Lieutenancy for the City of London.The constituency comprising the whole of the City of London.
Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant or Lieutenant for Greater London.Any constituency comprising any part of Greater London.
Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant or Lieutenant for a county in England and Wales.Any constituency comprising the whole or part of the area for which he is appointed.
Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant or Lieutenant for [F1an area] in Scotland.Any constituency comprising the whole or part of [F2the area] in which the Lord-Lieutenant holds office or in which the Lord-Lieutenant or Lieutenant discharges his functions.
F3 . . .F3 . . .
Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant or Lieutenant for F4 . . . the city of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh or Glasgow.Any constituency comprising the whole or part of [F5the city in] which the Lord-Lieutenant holds office or for which the Lieutenant is appointed.
Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant or Lieutenant for a county or county borough in Northern Ireland.Any constituency comprising the whole or part of the area for which he is appointed.
Governor of the Isle of Wight.The Isle of Wight.
The High Sheriff of Greater London.Any constituency comprising any part of Greater London.
High Sheriff of a county in England and Wales.Any constituency comprising the whole or part of the area for which he is appointed.

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Words in Sch. 1 Pt. IV substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 99(a)(i); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(C); and the same words substituted (19.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/861, art. 2, Sch. para. 8(1)(a)

F2Words in Sch. 1 Pt. IV substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 99(a)(ii); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c); and the same words substituted (19.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/861, art. 2, Sch. para. 8(1)(b)

F3Entry in Sch. 1 Pt. IV repealed (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1)(2), Sch. 13 para. 99(b), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)(d), Sch. 2; and omitted (19.3.1997) by virtue of S.I. 1997/861, art. 2, Sch. para. 7

F4WOrds in Sch. 1 Pt. IV repealed (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 99(c)(i); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)(d), Sch. 2; and omitted (19.3.1997) by virtue of S.I. 1997/861, art. 2, Sch. para. 8(2)(a)

F5The word “city” in Sch. 1 Pt. IV substituted for the word “district” (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 99(c)(ii); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c); and the words “the city in” substituted for the words “the district in” (19.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/861, art. 2, Sch. para. 8(2)(b)

Section 2.

SCHEDULE 2 Ministerial Offices

  • Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury.

  • Lord President of the Council.

  • Lord Privy Seal.

  • Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

  • Paymaster General.

  • Secretary of State.

  • Chancellor of the Exchequer.

  • F1 . . .

  • President of the Board of Trade.

  • Minister of State.

  • Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

  • Minister in charge of a public department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom (if not within the other provisions of this Schedule).

  • Attorney General.

  • F2 . . .

  • Solicitor General.

  • [ F3Advocate General for Scotland]

  • F2 . . .

  • Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury.

  • Financial Secretary to the Treasury.

  • Parliamentary Secretary in a Government Department other than the Treasury, or not in a department.

  • Junior Lord of the Treasury.

  • Treasurer of Her Majesty’s Household.

  • Comptroller of Her Majesty’s Household.

  • Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty’s Household.

  • Assistant Government Whip.

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Entry in Sch. 2 repealed (27.3.2002) by S.I. 2002/794, art. 5(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 6)

F2Entries in Sch. 2 repealed (20.5.1999) by 1998 c. 46, ss. 48(6), 125(2), Sch. 9 (with s. 126(3)-(11)); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 2(2), Sch. 4

F3Entry in Sch. 2 inserted (20.5.1999) by 1998 c. 46, s. 87(1) (with s. 126(3)-(11)); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 2(2), Sch. 4