The House of Commons Disqualification Order 1990

Made: 19th December 1990

Coming into force: 19th December 1990

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of December 1990 Present, The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of the said section 5 and in accordance with the said resolution, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

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This Order may be cited as the House of Commons Disqualification Order 1990.

2

Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (which specifies offices the holders of which are disqualified for membership of the House of Commons) shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE — AMENDMENTS OF SCHEDULE I TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS DISQUALIFICATION ACT 1975

PART II OF SCHEDULE I — Additional entry

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The following entry shall be inserted at the appropriate place:—

• The Independent Commission for Police Complaints for Northern Ireland.

Entries omitted

2

The following entries shall be omitted:—

• The General Practice Finance Corporation.

• The entry beginning “A Medical Appeal Tribunal”.

• The New Towns Staff Commission.

• The Police Complaints Board for Northern Ireland.

• The Traffic Commissioners for any area (including the commissioner for the Metropolitan Traffic Area).

• The Tribunal established under Part II of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949.

• The University Grants Committee.

Other amendments

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• (1) In the entry “The National Development Team for Mentally Handicapped People”, for “Mentally Handicapped People” there shall be substituted “People with a Mental Handicap”.

• (2) For the entry “The Northern Ireland Electricity Service” there shall be substituted the following entry:—

• Northern Ireland Electricity.

PART III OF SCHEDULE I — Additional entries

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The following entries shall be inserted at the appropriate places:—

• Additional Commissioner of the Equal Opportunities Commission for Northern Ireland.

• Chairman of the Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education.

• Chairman of the English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting.

• Chairman of the Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council.

• Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the Laganside Corporation.

• Chairman of the National Council for Vocational Qualifications.

• Chairman of the Public Health Laboratory Service Board.

• Chairman of a special health and social services agency established under Article 3 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Special Agencies) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990.

• Chairman of the Special Hospitals Service Authority. Chairman of the Training, Enterprise and Education Advisory Group for Wales. Chief executive of the Simpler Trade Procedures Board.

• Director of Caledonian MacBrayne Limited.

• Director of Citybus Limited.

• Director of Flexibus Limited.

• Director of Northern Ireland Airports Limited.

• Director of Northern Ireland Railways Company Limited.

• Director of Nuclear Electric p.l.c.

• Director of Scottish Nuclear Limited.

• Director of Ulsterbus Limited.

• Member of a Medical Appeal Tribunal appointed under paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 12 to the Social Security Act 1975.

• Member of a Medical Appeal Tribunal for Northern Ireland appointed under paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 12 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975.

• Member of the panel of chairmen for Social Security Appeal Tribunals for Northern Ireland appointed under section 97(2D)(a) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975, or of the panel of chairmen for Medical Appeal Tribunals for Northern Ireland appointed under paragraph 2(4)(a) of Schedule 12 to that Act.

• Member of the staff of the Northern Ireland Audit Office.

• Person appointed under section 3(1) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 to carry out functions relating to the political restriction of posts under local authorities, within the meaning of Part I of that Act.

• Social fund Commissioner.

• Traffic commissioner for any area constituted for the purposes of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981.

Entries omitted

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The following entries shall be omitted:—

• The entry beginning “Chairman of any of the Consultative Councils”.

• The entry beginning “Chairman of either of the Consultative Councils”.

• Chairman of the Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas.

• Chairman in receipt of remuneration of the Electricity Consumers' Council.

• Chairman of the Manpower Services Committee for Scotland.

• Chairman of the Manpower Services Committee for Wales.

• Chairman of the Board of the National Advisory Body for Public Sector Higher Education.

• Chairman of the National Seed Development Organisation Limited.

• Chairman of the Northern Ireland Staffs Council for the Health and Social Services.

• Chairman or Chief Executive of the Simplification of International Trade Procedures Board.

• Chairman of the Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards in Northern Ireland.

• The entry beginning “The Commissioner appointed”.

• Director of the British Petroleum Company p.l.c. nominated by a Minister of the Crown or government department.

• Director of Harland and Wolff p.l.c.

• Director of Royal Ordnance p.l.c.

• Director of S.B. (Realisations) p.l.c. nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or government department.

• Director of Short Brothers p.l.c.

• Director of the successor company (within the meaning of the Airports Act 1986) being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown.

• Director of the successor company (within the meaning of the Gas Act 1986), being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown.

• General Manager or Secretary of the Scottish Special Housing Association.

• Member of a panel appointed under section 97(2D)(a) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 of persons eligible to act as chairmen of Social Security Appeal Tribunals for Northern Ireland.

• Member of the Trinity House Lighthouse Board nominated by the Secretary of State.

Other amendments

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• (1) In the entry beginning “Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Dental Estimates Board”, for “Estimates” there shall be substituted “Practice”.

• (2) In the entry beginning “Chairman of the Scottish Dental Estimates Board”, for “Estimates” there shall be substituted “Practice”.

• (3) In the entry “Chairman of the tribunal constituted under section 463 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970”, for “463” and “1970” there shall be substituted “706” and “1988” respectively.

• (4) In the entry beginning “Chairman of the United Kingdom Central Council”, the words from “if appointed” onwards shall be omitted.

• (5) In the entry “Director of British Nuclear Fuels Limited”, for “Limited” there shall be substituted “p.l.c.”.

• (6) In the entry beginning “Director of any company in receipt of financial assistance”, the words from “the Distribution of Industry Act 1945” to “1967,” shall be omitted.

• (7) For the entry “Member of a Wages Council or Central Co-ordinating Committee appointed under paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 2 to the Wages Councils (Northern Ireland) Order 1982” there shall be substituted the following entry:—

• Member of a Wages Council appointed under paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 2 to the Wages (Northern Ireland) Order 1988.

PART IV OF SCHEDULE I

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In the first column, for the entry “Her Majesty’s Commissioner of Lieutenancy in the City of London” there shall be substituted the following entry:—

• Member of Her Majesty’s Commission of Lieutenancy for the City of London.

Signed

G. I. de Deney — Clerk of the Privy Council.

Explanatory note

(This Note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the lists of offices which disqualify holders for membership of the House of Commons and which are contained in Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1975 c. 24.