House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Bill
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remove any disqualification from membership of the House of Commons that arises by reason of a person having been ordained or being a minister of a religious denomination and to continue the disqualification of Lords Spiritual from such membership.
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-
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| Removal of disqualification of clergy. |
1. - (1) A person is not disqualified from being or being elected as a member of the House of Commons merely because he has been ordained or is a minister of any religious denomination.
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(2) But a person is disqualified from being or being elected as a member of that House if he is a Lord Spiritual.
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(3) Accordingly-
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(a) Schedule 1 (which makes amendments consequential on this section) has effect, and |
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(b) the enactments mentioned in Schedule 2 (which relate to the disqualification of clergy from membership of the House of Commons) are repealed to the extent specified in that Schedule. |
| Short title, commencement and extent. |
2. - (1) This Act may be cited as the House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001.
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(2) Any amendment contained in Schedule 1 or repeal contained in Schedule 2 has the same extent as the enactment to which it relates.
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(3) Subject to that, this Act extends to Northern Ireland.
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