1 Disqualification of holders of certain offices and places. _cross-notes

(1)Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person is disqualified for membership of the House of Commons who for the time being—

[^F1 (za)is a Lord Spiritual;^F1]

(a)holds any of the judicial offices specified in Part I of Schedule 1 to this Act;

(b)is employed in the civil service of the Crown, whether in an established capacity or not, and whether for the whole or part of his time;

(c)^F2is a member of any of the regular armed forces of the Crown . . .;

(d)is a member of any police force maintained by [^F3a local policing body or^F3] a police authority;

^F4(da). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e)is a member of the legislature of any country or territory outside the Commonwealth [^F5(other than Ireland)^F5] ; or

(f)holds any office described in Part II or Part III of Schedule 1.

(2)A person who for the time being holds any office described in Part IV of Schedule 1 is disqualified for membership of the House of Commons for any constituency specified in relation to that office in the second column of Part IV.

(3)In this section—

• ^F6 “ civil service of the Crown ” includes the civil service of Northern Ireland ..., Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service and Her Majesty’s Overseas Civil Service;

• “ police authority ” means any police authority within the meaning of [^F7 the Police Act 1996 ^F7][^F8 , the Scottish Police Authority ^F8] , or the [^F9 Northern Ireland Policing Board ^F9] ; and “ member ” in relation to a police force means a person employed as a full-time constable;

• “ regular armed forces of the Crown ” means the Royal Navy, [^F10 the Royal Marines, the regular army (as defined by section 374 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 ) or the Royal Air Force. ^F10]

(4)Except as provided by this Act, a person shall not be disqualified for membership of the House of Commons by reason of his holding an office or place of profit under the Crown or any other office or place; and a person shall not be disqualified for appointment to or for holding any office or place by reason of his being a member of that House.

2 Ministerial offices. _cross-notes

(1)Not more than ninety-five persons being the holders of offices specified in Schedule 2 to this Act (in this section referred to as Ministerial offices) shall be entitled to sit and vote in the House of Commons at any one time.

(2)If at any time the number of members of the House of Commons who are holders of Ministerial offices exceeds the number entitled to sit and vote in that House under subsection (1) above, none except any who were both members of that House and holders of Ministerial offices before the excess occurred shall sit or vote therein until the number has been reduced, by death, resignation or otherwise, to the number entitled to sit and vote as aforesaid.

(3)A person holding a Ministerial office is not disqualified by this Act by reason of any office held by him ex officio as the holder of that Ministerial office.

3 Reserve and auxiliary forces, etc.

(1)Notwithstanding section 1(1)(c) above—

(a)a person who is an officer on the retired or emergency list of any of the regular armed forces of the Crown, or who holds an emergency commission in any of those forces, or belongs to any reserve of officers of any of those forces, is not disqualified as a member of those forces; and

(b)a naval, army, marine or air force pensioner [^F11, or former soldier,^F11] who is recalled for service for which he is liable as such is not disqualified as a member of the regular armed forces of the Crown.

(2)A person is not disqualified under section 1(1)(c) above by reason of his being an Admiral of the Fleet, a Field Marshal or a Marshal of the Royal Air Force, if he does not for the time being hold an appointment in the naval, military or air force service of the Crown.

(3)A person is not disqualified under section 1(1)(b) above by reason of his being a member of the Royal Observer Corps unless he is employed as such for the whole of his time.

4 Stewardship of Chiltern Hundreds, etc.

For the purposes of the provisions of this Act relating to the vacation of the seat of a member of the House of Commons who becomes disqualified by this Act for membership of that House, the office of steward or bailiff of Her Majesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham, or of the Manor of Northstead, shall be treated as included among the offices described in Part III of Schedule 1 to this Act.

5 Power to amend Schedule 1.

SI(1)If at any time it is resolved by the House of Commons that Schedule 1 to this Act be amended, whether by the addition or omission of any office or the removal of any office from one Part of the Schedule to another, or by altering the description of any office specified therein, Her Majesty may by Order in Council amend that Schedule accordingly.

(2)A copy of this Act as from time to time amended by Order in Council under this section or by or under any other enactment shall be prepared and certified by the Clerk of the Parliaments and deposited with the rolls of Parliament; and all copies of this Act thereafter to be printed by Her Majesty’s printer shall be printed in accordance with the copy so certified.

6 Effects of disqualification and provision for relief. _cross-notes

(1)Subject to any order made by the House of Commons under this section—

(a)if any person disqualified by this Act for membership of that House, or for membership for a particular constituency, is elected as a member of that House, or as a member for that constituency, as the case may be, his election shall be void; and

(b)if any person being a member of that House becomes disqualified by this Act for membership, or for membership for the constituency for which he is sitting, his seat shall be vacated.

(2)If, in a case falling or alleged to fall within subsection (1) above, it appears to the House of Commons that the grounds of disqualification or alleged disqualification under this Act which subsisted or arose at the material time have been removed, and that it is otherwise proper so to do, that House may by order direct that any such disqualification incurred on those grounds at that time shall be disregarded for the purposes of this section.

(3)^M1No order under subsection (2) above shall affect the proceedings on any election petition or any determination of an election court, and this subsection shall have effect subject to the provisions of section 144(7) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (making of an order by the House of Commons when informed of a certificate and any report of an election court).

(4)^M2In any case where, by virtue of the Recess Elections Act 1975, the Speaker of the House of Commons would be required to issue during a recess of that House a warrant for a new writ for election of a member, in the room of a member becoming disqualified by this Act, he may, if it appears to him that an opportunity should be given to that House to consider the making of an order under subsection (2) above, defer the issue of his warrant pending the determination of that House.

7 Jurisdiction of Privy Council as to disqualification. _cross-notes

(1)Any person who claims that a person purporting to be a member of the House of Commons is disqualified by this Act, or has been so disqualified at any time since his election, may apply to Her Majesty in Council, in accordance with such rules as Her Majesty in Council may prescribe, for a declaration to that effect.

(2)^M3Section 3 of the Judicial Committee Act 1833 (reference to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of appeals to Her Majesty in Council) shall apply to any application under this section as it applies to an appeal to Her Majesty in Council from a court.

(3)Upon any such application the person in respect of whom the application is made shall be the respondent; and the applicant shall give such security for the costs of the proceedings, not exceeding £200, as the Judicial Committee may direct.

(4)For the purpose of determining any issue of fact arising on an application under this section the Judicial Committee may direct the issue to be tried—

(a)if the constituency for which the respondent purports to be a member is in England or Wales, in the High Court;

(b)if that constituency is in Scotland, in the Court of Session;

(c)if that constituency is in Northern Ireland, in the High Court in Northern Ireland;

and the decision of that Court shall be final.

(5)A declaration under this section may be made in respect of any person whether the grounds of the alleged disqualification subsisted at the time of his election or arose subsequently; but no such declaration shall be made—

(a)in the case of disqualification incurred by any person on grounds which subsisted at the time of his election, if an election petition is pending or has been tried in which his disqualification on those grounds is or was in issue;

(b)in the case of disqualification incurred by any person on any grounds, if an order has been made by the House of Commons under section 6(2) above directing that any disqualification incurred by him on those grounds shall be disregarded for the purposes of that section.

[^F12 (6)In this section, a reference to disqualification by this Act includes a reference to disqualification by virtue of an order under section 30 of the Elections Act 2022 (disqualification of offenders for holding elective office etc).^F12]

8 Relaxation of obligation to accept office.

(1)No person being a member of the House of Commons, or for the time being nominated as a candidate for election to that House, shall be required to accept any office or place by virtue of which he would be disqualified by this Act for membership of that House, or for membership of that House for the constituency for which he is sitting or is a candidate.

(2)This section does not affect any obligation to serve in the armed forces of the Crown, whether imposed by an enactment or otherwise.

9 Interpretation.

In this Act—

• ^M4 “ Minister of State ” means a member of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom who neither has charge of any public department nor holds any other of the offices specified in Schedule 2 to this Act or any office in respect of which a salary is payable out of money provided by Parliament under section 3(1)(b) of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 ;

• “ Parliamentary Secretary ” includes a person holding Ministerial office (however called) as assistant to a Member of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, but not having departmental responsibilities.

^F1310 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 Short title and extent.

(1)This Act may be cited as the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975.

(2)This Act extends to Northern Ireland.

SCHEDULES

Sections 1, 4, 5.

SCHEDULE 1 Offices disqualifying for membership

Part I Judicial offices

• [^F14 Judge of the Supreme Court.^F14]

• Judge of the High Court of Justice or Court of Appeal.

• [^F15 Judge of the Court of Session, or Temporary Judge in Scotland^F15]

• Judge of the High Court of Justice or Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland.

• [^F16 Judge of the Court Martial Appeal Court.^F16]

• Chairman of the Scottish Land Court.

• Circuit Judge.

• [^F17 Sheriff principal, sheriff, summary sheriff, temporary sheriff principal, part-time sheriff or part-time summary sheriff in Scotland^F17]

• County Court Judge or deputy County Court Judge in Northern Ireland.

• [^F18 District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (but not Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)).^F18]

• [^F19 District judge (magistrates' courts), or deputy district judge (magistrates' courts), in Northern Ireland.^F19]

• ^F20 ...

• ^F21 ...

• ^F22 ...

• [^F23 Chief or other Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland [^F24 or deputy Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland^F24] .^F23]

• Chief or other Social Security Commissioner [^F25(not including a deputy Commissioner)^F25] .

• [^F26 Chief or other Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland [^F27 or deputy Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland^F27] .^F26]

• ^F28 ...

• ^F29 ...

• ^F30 ...

^X2Part II Bodies of which all members are disqualified

• [^F31 The Accounts Commission for Scotland.^F31]

• ^F32 ...

• [^F33 The Advanced Research and Invention Agency.^F33]

• ^F34 ...

• ^F35 ...

• [^F36 The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board.^F36]

• ^F37 ...

• [^F38 The Antarctic Act Tribunal established under regulations made under the Antarctic Act 1994.^F38]

• ^F39 ...

• ^M5 An Arbitration Tribunal established under Schedule 3 to the Industry Act 1975.

• [^F40 The Armed Forces Pay Review Body.^F40]

• [^F41 The Arts Council of England.^F41]

• [^F42 The Board of the Pension Protection Fund.^F42]

• [^F43 Boundaries Scotland^F43]

• The British Railways Board.

• ^F44 ...

• [^F45 The British Transport Police Authority.^F45]

• The British Waterways Board.

• [^F46 The Building Safety Regulator^F46]

• [^F47 Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg (the Welsh Language Board).^F47]

• [^F48 The Care Council for Wales.^F48]

• [^F49 The Care Quality Commission [^F50 and the Healthwatch England committee^F50] .^F49]

• [^F51 The Central Arbitration Committee.^F51]

• [^F52 The Channel Four Television Corporation.^F52]

• ^F53[^F54 The Charity Commission.^F54]

• [^F55 The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland.^F55]

• ^F56 ...

• ^F57 ...

• [^F58 The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.^F58]

• The Civil Aviation Authority.

• [^F59 The Civil Nuclear Police Authority.^F59]

• The Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal.

• [^F60 The Civil Service Commission^F60]

• [^F61 The Coal Authority.^F61]

• [^F62 Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment.^F62]

• [^F63 The Commission for Equality and Human Rights.^F63]

• [^F64 The Commission on Human Medicines.^F64]

• The Commission for Local Administration in England.

• ^F65 ...

• [^F66 The Commission for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland.^F66]

• [^F67 The Committee on Climate Change.^F67]

• [^F68 The Competition Appeal Tribunal.^F68]

• ^F69 ...

• [^F70 The Competition and Markets Authority.^F70]

• [^F71 The Competition Service.^F71]

• [^F72 The Consumer Council for Water, and each regional committee of the Council established under section 27A of the Water Industry Act 1991.^F72]

• [^F73 Consumer Scotland.^F73]

• The Copyright Tribunal.

• [^F74 The Council of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.^F74]

• ^F75 ...

• The Covent Garden Market Authority.

• [^F76 The Criminal Cases Review Commission.^F76]

• The Crown Estate Commissioners.

• [^F77 Crown Estate Scotland (Interim Management).^F77]

• ^F78 ...

• [^F79 The Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru.^F79]

• The Development Commission.

• ^M6,M7 A Development Corporation within the meaning of the New Towns Act 1981 or the New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968.

• ^F80 ...

• [^F81 The Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board for Northern Ireland.^F81]

• [^F82 The Disclosure and Barring Service.^F82]

• [^F83 The Electoral Commission.^F83]

• [^F84 The Employment Appeal Tribunal.^F84]

• [^F85 The English Sports Council.^F85]

• [^F86 The Environment Agency.^F86]

• [^F87 Environmental Standards Scotland.^F87]

• [^F88 The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.^F88]

• The Fair Employment Tribunal for Northern Ireland.

• [^F89 The First-tier Tribunal.^F89]

• [^F90 The Food Standards Agency.^F90]

• The Foreign Compensation Commission.

• [^F81 The Forestry Commissioners.^F81]

• [^F91 The Gambling Commission.^F91]

• ^F92 ...

• [^F93 The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority.^F93]

• ^F94 ...

• [^F95 The Health and Care Professions Council^F95]

• The Health and Safety Executive.

• ^F96 ...

• [^F97 The Health and Social Care Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority in Northern Ireland.^F97]

• ^F98 ...

• [^F99 The Health Research Authority.^F99]

• [^F100 Healthcare Improvement Scotland.^F100]

• Highlands and Islands Enterprise.

• [^F101 The Homes and Communities Agency.^F101]

• [^F102 The Horserace Betting Levy Appeal Tribunal for England and Wales.^F102]

• The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.

• [^F103 The Human Tissue Authority.^F103]

• The Independent Commission for Police Complaints for Northern Ireland.

• [^F104 The Independent Football Regulator.^F104]

• [^F105 The Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens' Rights Agreements.^F105]

• [^F106 The Independent Office for Police Conduct.^F106]

• [^F107 The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.^F107]

• ^F108 ...

• An Industrial Court established in Northern Ireland.

• The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council.

• ^F109 ...

• [^F110 The Infected Blood Compensation Authority.^F110]

• [^F111 The Information Commission.^F111]

• [^F112 Invest Northern Ireland.^F112]

• A Joint Planning Inquiry Commission constituted under Part III of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act [^F1131997^F113] .

• [^F114 The Judicial Appointments Commission.^F114]

• The Labour Relations Agency.

• The Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland.

• The Lands Tribunal for Scotland.

• The Law Commission.

• [^F115 The Legal Services Board.^F115]

• ^F116 ...

• ^F117 ...

• [^F118 The Local Audit Office.^F118]

• [^F119 The Local Government Boundary Commission for England.^F119]

• ^F120 ...

• ^F121 ...

• [^F122 The Low Pay Commission appointed under section 8(9) of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998.^F122]

• [^F123 The Marine Management Organisation.^F123]

• [^F124 A Mayoral development corporation (see section 198 of the Localism Act 2011).^F124]

• [^F125 The Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales^F125]

• [^F81 The Mental Health Review Tribunal for Northern Ireland.^F81]

• The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland.

• [^F126 The Money and Pensions Service.^F126]

• [^F127 The National Audit Office.^F127]

• ^F128 ...

• [^F129 The NHS Pay Review Body.^F129]

• ^F130 ...

• [^F131 The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.^F131]

• ^F132 ...

• ^F133 ...

• [^F134 Natural England.^F134]

• [^F135 The Natural Resources Body for Wales.^F135]

• The Northern Ireland Housing Executive.

• [^F136 The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission.^F136]

• [^F137 The Northern Ireland Law Commission.^F137]

• [^F138 The Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission.^F138]

• [^F139 The Northern Ireland Social Care Council.^F139]

• [^F140 The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.^F140]

• [^F141 The Office for Budget Responsibility.^F141]

• [^F142 The Office of Communications.^F142]

• [^F143 The Office for Environmental Protection.^F143]

• ^F69 ...

• ^F144 ...

• [^F145 The Office for Legal Complaints.^F145]

• [^F146 The Office for Nuclear Regulation.^F146]

• [^F147 The Office of Rail and Road.^F147]

• [^F148 The Office of the Renewable Fuels Agency.^F148]

• [^F149 The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills.^F149]

• [^F150 The Office for Students.^F150]

• ^F151 ...

• ^F152 ...

• The Oil and Pipelines Agency.

• [^F153 The Parades Commission for Northern Ireland.^F153]

• ^F154 The Parole Board ...

• ^F155 The Parole Board for Scotland ...

• A Pensions Appeal Tribunal.

• [^F156 The Pensions Regulator.^F156]

• ^F157 ...

• [^F158 The Planning Appeals Commission constituted under section 203 of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011^F158]

• ^M8 A Planning Inquiry Commission constituted under Part III of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

• A Planning Inquiry Commission constituted under [^F159Part III of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997^F159] .

• [^F160 The Police Remuneration Review Body.^F160]

• ^F161 ...

• [^F162 The Prison Service Pay Review Body.^F162]

• [^F163 The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care^F163]

• [^F164 Qualifications Scotland.^F164]

• [^F165 A regional committee of the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council established under section 18(2) of the Utilities Act 2000.^F165]

• ^M9 A regional water authority established in accordance with section 2 of the Water Act 1973.

• [^F166 The Regulator of Social Housing^F166]

• ^F167 ...

• [^F168 Revenue Scotland^F168]

• ^F169 ...

• [^F170 The Review Body on Doctors and Dentists Remuneration.^F170]

• [^F171 The Risk Management Authority established under the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003.^F171]

• A Rural Development Board.

• [^F172 The School Teachers' Review Body.^F172]

• [^F173 The Scottish Charity Regulator.^F173]

• ^F174 ...

• ^F175 ...

• [^F176 The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission.^F176]

• Scottish Enterprise.

• [^F86 The Scottish Environment Protection Agency.^F86]

• [^F177 The Scottish Fiscal Commission^F177]

• [^F178 The Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council.^F178]

• [^F179 The Scottish Housing Regulator^F179]

• The Scottish Land Court.

• The Scottish Law Commission.

• [^F38 The Scottish Legal Aid Board.^F38]

• [^F180 Scottish Natural Heritage.^F180]

• ^F181 ...

• [^F182 The Scottish Social Services Council.^F182]

• [^F183 Scottish Water.^F183]

• The Sea Fish Industry Authority.

• [^F184 The Sea Fish Licence Tribunal.^F184]

• [^F185 The Security Industry Authority.^F185]

• [^F186 Seirbheis nam Meadhanan Gàidhlig.^F186]

• [^F187 The Senior Salaries Review Body.^F187]

• ^F188 ...

• Sianel Pedwar Cymru.

• ^F189 ...

• [^F190 The Single Source Regulations Office.^F190]

• [^F100 Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland.^F100]

• [^F191 The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission^F191]

• The Social Security Advisory Committee.

• [^F192 Social Work England.^F192]

• ^F193 ...

• [^F194 The Standards Commission for Scotland.^F194]

• [^F195 The Statistics Board.^F195]

• [^F196 The Strategic Advisory Council established under section 9 of the Education (Scotland) Act 2025.^F196]

• [^F197 The Sustainable Development Commission (an advisory sub-committee of The Sustainable Development Commission Limited).^F197]

• [^F198 The Trade Remedies Authority.^F198]

• [^F38 The Training and Employment Agency Advisory Board in Northern Ireland.^F38]

• The Transport Tribunal.

• [^F199 The Tribunal established under section 65 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.^F199]

• [^F200 The Tribunal established under section 91 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.^F200]

• [^F201 The trustee corporation established by section 75 of the Pensions Act 2008.^F201]

• [^F202 The Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund.^F202]

• The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.

• [^F203 United Kingdom Research and Innovation (“UKRI”), any Council or other committee of UKRI and any sub-committee of such a Council or committee (see section 92 of, and paragraphs 9 and 10 of Schedule 9 to, the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 ). ^F203]

• [^F204 The United Kingdom Sports Council.^F204]

• [^F205 The Upper Tribunal.^F205]

• [^F206 The Valuation Tribunal for England.^F206]

• [^F207 The Valuation Tribunal Service.^F207]

• The Water Appeals Commission for Northern Ireland.

• ^F208 ...

• [^F209 The Water Industry Commission for Scotland.^F209]

• [^F210 The Water Services Regulation Authority.^F210]

• ^F211 ...

• [^F212 The Welsh Water Authority.^F212]

• [^F213 The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales.^F213]

^X3Part III Other disqualifying offices

_cross-notes

• [^F214 Adjudicator appointed by the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs^F214]

• [^F215 Adjudicator appointed under section 25 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.^F215]

• Advocate Depute (not being the Solicitor General for Scotland) appointed by the Lord Advocate.

• [^F216 An advocate for victims of major incidents appointed under Part 2 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024.^F216]

• Ambassador or Permanent Representative to an international organisation representing Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.

• [^F217 Appeal Officer for Community Interest Companies.^F217]

• [^F218 Armed Forces Commissioner.^F218]

• [^F219 Assembly Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.^F219]

• [^F220 Assessor appointed for the purposes of section 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.^F220]

• [^F221 Assessor appointed for the purposes of paragraph 9 of schedule 1 to the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc (Scotland) Act 2003.^F221]

• Assessor of Public Undertakings (Scotland).

• ^M10 Assistant Commissioner appointed under Part IV of the Local Government Act 1972.

• ^M11 Assistant Commissioner appointed under Part II of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

• [^F222 Assistant Electoral Commissioners.^F222]

• Attorney General of the Duchy of Lancaster.

• [^F223 Attorney General for Northern Ireland.^F223]

• ^F224 ...

• Auditor of the Court of Session.

• [^F225 Auditor General for Scotland.^F225]

• [^F226 Auditor General for Wales.^F226]

• ^M12 Boundary Commissioner or assistant Commissioner appointed under Schedule 1 to the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986.

• [^F227 Certification Officer or any assistant certification officer.^F227]

• [^F228 Certification Officer for Northern Ireland appointed under Article 69 of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992.^F228]

• [^F229 Chair of Creative Scotland.^F229]

• ^F230 ...

• [^F231 Chair of the National Citizen Service Trust, a body established by Royal Charter.^F231]

• [^F232 Chair of the Northern Ireland Library Authority.^F232]

• [^F233 Chair or any member, not also being an employee, of the Patient Client Council established under section 16 of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009.^F233]

• [^F234 Chair or any member, not also being an employee, of the Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being established under section 12 of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009.^F234]

• [^F235 Chair or any member, not also being an employee, of the Regional Business Services Organisation established under section 14 of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009.^F235]

• ^F236 ...

• [^F237 Chair of the School Food Trust.^F237]

• ^F238 ...

• ^F238 ...

• Chairman or [^F239Medical Director^F239] of the Advisory Committee on [^F240Clinical Excellence^F240] Awards.

• [^F220 Chairman of an Agricultural Land Tribunal or member of a panel appointed under paragraph 14 or 15 of Schedule 9 to the Agriculture Act 1947.^F220]

• [^F241 Chairman or deputy chairman of the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute.^F241]

• ^F238 ...

• [^F220 Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.^F220]

• ^F238 ...

• [^F228 Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Commonwealth Institute.^F228]

• [[^F242,F243 Chairman, vice-chairman or ordinary member of the BBC Trust.^F243,F242]]

• Chairman or Director-General of the British Council.

• Chairman of the British Library Board.

• [^F244 Chairman, or director appointed by the Secretary of State, of CDC Group p.l.c. (formerly the Commonwealth Development Corporation).^F244]

• [^F228 Chairman of the Chief Executives’ Forum in Northern Ireland.^F228]

• Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the Civil Service Appeal Board.

• [^F245 Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life.^F245]

• [^F246 Chairman of the Crofters Commission.^F246]

• ^F247 ...

• ^F238 ...

• ^F238 ....

• [^F220 Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the Financial Reporting Council.^F220]

• [^F248 Chairman of the Fire and Rescue Service Board.^F248]

• ^F249 ...

• ^F250 ...

• ^F251 Chairman ... of the General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland.

• ^M13[^F252 Chairman or any member, not being also an employee,^F252] of a Health Board [^F253or a Special Health Board^F253] constituted under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.

• ^F254 ...

• [^F255 Chair of the Health and Safety Executive^F255]

• [^F256 Chairman of the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland.^F256]

• [^F257 Chairman or non-executive director of a Health and [^F258 Social Care trust^F258] established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.^F257]

• Chairman or Deputy Chairman, in receipt of remuneration, of the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England.

• ^F259 ...

• ^M14,M15 Paid Chairman of an Industrial Training Board constituted under the Industrial Training Act 1964 or the Industrial Training Act 1982 or of a committee appointed under either of those Acts or paid Deputy Chairman of such a board.

• ^F260 ...

• [^F220 Chairman of Investors in People UK.^F220]

• [^F228 Chairman of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee.^F228]

• Chairman, Vice-Chairman or member of the executive committee of the Land Settlement Association Limited appointed at a salary.

• [^F261 Chairman of Learning and Teaching Scotland.^F261]

• Chairman of the Livestock [^F262and Meat^F262] Commission for Northern Ireland.

• ^F263 ...

• Chairman [^F264or Chief Executive^F264] of the Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland.

• [^F265 Chairman or any member, not being also an employee, of a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006.^F265]

• Chairman [^F266or any member, not being also an employee,^F266] of the Management Committee of the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service constituted under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.

• [^F238 Chairman, Deputy Chairman or Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council.^F238]

• [^F267 Chairman of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.^F267]

• ^F268 ...

• [^F220 Chairman or Director of the National Forest Company.^F220]

• [^F269 Chairman or non-executive member of [^F270 NHS England^F270] .^F269]

• [^F271 Chairman or other non-executive director of an NHS foundation trust.^F271]

• Chairman or [^F272non-executive director^F272] of a National Health Service trust established under [^F273the National Health Service Act 2006^F273][^F274 or the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006^F274] .

• ^F238 ...

• Chairman of the Northern Ireland Civil Service Appeal Board.

• Chairman of the [^F275Northern Ireland Clinical Excellence Awards Committee^F275] .

• [^F220 Chairman of the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council.^F220]

• [^F220 Chairman of the Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment.^F220]

• [^F228 Chairman of the Northern Ireland Higher Education Council.^F228]

• [^F228 Chairman of, or secretary to, the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee.^F228]

• [^F276 Chairman or vice-chairman of the Northern Ireland Policing Board.^F276]

• [^F277 Chairman of the Northern Ireland Screen Commission.^F277]

• Chairman of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board.

• ^F278 ...

• [^F279 Chairman, or member in receipt of remuneration, of the Olympic Lottery Distributor.^F279]

• Chairman of the Prescription Pricing Authority.

• ^F280 ...

• Chairman of the Probation Board for Northern Ireland.

• [^F281 Chairman of a probation trust.^F281]

• [^F282 Chairman of Quality Meat Scotland.^F282]

• Chairman of a [^F283Regional Flood and Coastal Committee^F283] for any area of England and Wales.

• [^F284 Chairman or any member, not being also an employee, of any ^F285... Special Health Authority ^F286... ^F284]

• ^F247 ...

• Chairman of the [^F287Scottish Dental Practice Board^F287] or a member of that Board appointed at an annual salary.

• ^F288 Chairman ... of the Scottish Sports Council.

• ^M16 Chairman of a special health and social [^F289care agency^F289] 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 or Vice-Chairman of the Sports Council for Northern Ireland.

• Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Sports Council for Wales.

• [^F290 Chairman or Chief Executive of the Student Loans Company Limited.^F290]

• [^F291 Chairman or Chief Executive of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills or a Director or Commissioner of that Commission appointed by the First Minister in Scotland, the First Minister for Wales or a Northern Ireland Minister.^F291]

• [^F292 Chairperson of the Welsh Revenue Authority appointed under section 3(1)(a) of the Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Act 2016 and members of the Authority appointed under section 3(1)(b) of that Act.^F292]

• Chairman of the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service.

• [^F220 Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Youth Council for Northern Ireland.^F220]

• ^M17 Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland or any whole time officer appointed under section 14A(1) of the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962.

• Chief executive of [^F293SITPRO Limited^F293] .

• [^F294 Chief Executive of The Sustainable Development Commission Limited or a Director appointed by the members of that company or by the Secretary of State, the First Minister in Scotland, the First Minister for Wales or the First Minister and deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland.^F294]

• [^F295 Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland.^F295]

• [^F296 Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency.^F296]

• [^F297 Chief Investigating Officer appointed under section 9 of the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000.^F297]

• [^F298 Chief Investigator, chair or other member of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body.^F298]

• [^F299 Chief Land Registrar.^F299]

• [^F300 Chief Officer of a community justice authority appointed under section 4(2) of the Management of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Act 2005.^F300]

• [^F301 The Chief Ombudsman or an assistant ombudsman appointed under section 122 of the Legal Services Act 2007 (Chief Ombudsman and assistant ombudsmen appointed for the purposes of the ombudsman scheme).^F301]

• [^F302 The Chief Regulator of Qualifications and Examinations [^F303 , the chair of the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation^F303] and any member of the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation in receipt of remuneration.^F302]

• ^F304 Children’s Commissioner.

• [^F305 Children’s Commissioner for Wales.^F305]

• ^F306 ...

• [^F220 Civil Service Commissioner for Northern Ireland.^F220]

• Clerk or deputy clerk of a district council in Northern Ireland.

• ^M18 Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner appointed under section 50(1) or (2) of, or Schedule 4 to, the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.

• [^F307 Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland.^F307]

• Commissioner of the City of London Police.

• [^F308 Commissioner for Older People in Wales.^F308]

• [^F309 Commissioner for Patient Safety.^F309]

• [^F220 Commissioner for Public Appointments.^F220]

• [^F220 Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland.^F220]

• [^F310 Commissioner for the Retention and Use of Biometric Material^F310]

• [^F311 Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses.^F311]

• Commons Commissioner.

• [^F312 Compliance Officer for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.^F312]

• ^F313 ...

• Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland.

• ^M19 Controller of Audit appointed under section 97(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

• ^F314 ...

• ^F315 ...

• [^F316 Coroner, deputy coroner or assistant deputy coroner appointed under the Coroners Act 1988.^F316]

• [^F317 Coroner or deputy coroner appointed under section 2(1) of the Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959.^F317]

• [^F318 Coroner of the Queen's household.^F318]

• [^F319 Senior coroner, area coroner or assistant coroner appointed under Part 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.^F319]

• [^F319 Deputy Chief Coroner appointed by the Lord Chancellor under that Part who is not also a senior coroner.^F319]

• ^M20 Counsel to the Secretary of State under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936.

• Crown Solicitor for Northern Ireland.

• [^F320 Deputy Electoral Commissioners.^F320]

• Director of the British Aerospace Public Limited Company appointed subject to the approval of a Minister or government department.

• ^F321 ...

• Director of British Nuclear Fuels [^F322Limited^F322]

• [^F323 Director of Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited.^F323]

• Director of Citybus Limited.

• [^F324 Director of any of the following—

  (a)

  a company which for the time being holds a licence under Chapter I of Part I of the Transport Act 2000 (a licence company);

  (b)

  a company of which a licence company is a subsidiary (within the meaning given by [^F325 section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006^F325] ;

  (c)

  a company which is a subsidiary (within the meaning so given) of a licence company.^F324]

• Director of a company for the time being holding an appointment under Chapter I of Part II of the [^F326Water Industry Act 1991^F326] or of such a company’s holding company, being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown.

• [^F327 Director of a company which is designated as the Independent System Operator and Planner in accordance with section 162 of the Energy Act 2023.^F327]

• ^F328,M21 Director of any company in receipt of financial assistance under ... Part III or section 13 of the Industrial Development Act 1982, being a director nominated by a Minister of the Crown or government department.

• [^F329 Director of a company—

  (a)

  which, within the meaning of Part II of the Railways Act 1993, is a successor company wholly owned by the Crown, ^F330...

  (b)

  ^F330 ...

  being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown, the Director of Passenger Rail Franchising or any other person acting on behalf of the Crown.^F329]

• ^M22 Director nominated by the Secretary of State of any company in respect of which an undertaking to make advances has been given by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Highlands and Islands Shipping Services Act 1960 and is for the time being in force.

• [^F331 Director of David MacBrayne Limited.^F331]

• ^F332 ...

• Director of Flexibus Limited.

• [^F333 Director in receipt of remuneration of High Speed Two (HS2) Limited.^F333]

• [^F334 Director of Highlands and Islands Airports Limited.^F334]

• [^F220 Any director of Horticulture Research International in receipt of remuneration.^F220]

• Director of International Military Services Limited.

• ^F335 ...

• [^F336 Director of a Local Healthwatch organisation.^F336]

• [^F337 Director of Middletown Centre for Autism (Holdings) Limited or of Middletown Centre for Autism Limited.^F337]

• Director of Northern Ireland Railways Company Limited.

• Director of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company.

• [^F338 Director of Northern Ireland Water Limited.^F338]

• Director of Nuclear Electric p.l.c.

• [^F339 Director of Partnerships for Schools Limited.^F339]

• [^F340 Director of the Pensions Advisory Service Limited.^F340]

• [^F341 Director of any of the following, being a director appointed or nominated by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown—

  (a)

  a Post Office company,

  (b)

  a Royal Mail company,

  (c)

  the original holding company, and

  (d)

  a parent company of a company within any of paragraphs (a) to (c).

  Expressions used in paragraphs (a) to (d) have the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Postal Services Act 2011.^F341]

• Director, or Deputy Director, of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.

• [^F342 Director of a publicly controlled company (within the meaning of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Energy Act 2004) to which transfers have been made in accordance with provisions of nuclear transfer schemes authorised by that Chapter.^F342]

• [^F343 Director of a publicly owned successor company (within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1995)^F343]

• Director appointed at a salary of Remploy Limited.

• [^F344 Director General or Deputy Director General of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency.^F344]

• [^F345 Director of Scottish Futures Trust Limited.^F345]

• Director of Scottish Nuclear Limited.

• [^F346 Director of Service Prosecutions.^F346]

• [^F347 Director of The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited.^F347]

• [^F348 Director of Strategic Investment Board Limited.^F348]

• [^F349 Director of the successor company (within the meaning of the Crown Agents Act 1995) being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown^F349]

• [^F350 Director of UK Film Council.^F350]

• [^F351 Director in receipt of remuneration of UK Financial Investments Limited.^F351]

• Director of Ulsterbus Limited.

• [^F352 Director of United Kingdom Anti-Doping Limited appointed by the members of the company.^F352]

• ^F353 ...

• [^F228 District judge appointed under section 6 of the County Courts Act 1984.^F228]

• [^F354 Domestic Abuse Commissioner.^F354]

• [^F355 Employee of the National Audit Office.^F355]

• ^M23 The Governor or Administrator of a [^F356overseas^F356] territory within the meaning of section 50(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981.

• Governor, Deputy Governor or [^F357non-executive director^F357] of the Bank of England.

• Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Secretary, or Captain of Invalids of Chelsea Hospital.

• ^F358,M24 Governor ... or other officer or member of the staff of a prison to which the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 applies.

• [^F359 Groceries Code Adjudicator or Deputy Groceries Code Adjudicator.^F359]

• Health Service Commissioner for England.

• [^F360 Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales or Prif Arolygydd Ei Mawrhydi dros Addysg a Hyfforddiant yng Nghymru.^F360]

• [^F361 Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales.^F361]

• [^F220 Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland.^F220]

• [^F362 Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Probation for England and Wales.^F362]

• High Commissioner representing Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.

• [^F363 The Immigration Services Commissioner.^F363]

• [^F364 The Deputy Immigration Services Commissioner.^F364]

• [^F365 The Forensic Science Regulator.^F365]

• [^F366 Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner^F366]

• [^F367 The Independent Case Examiner for the Department for Work and Pensions.^F367]

• ^F368 ...

• [^F369 Investigating Commissioner of, or member of a decision-making committee of, the Commission for Equality and Human Rights.^F369]

• Judge Advocate General, Vice Judge Advocate General [^F370Assistant Judge Advocate General^F370] .

• [^F371 The Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman.^F371]

• ^M25 Lay observer appointed under Article 42 of the Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976.

• ^F372 ...

• ^F372 ...

• ^F373 ...

• Lyon Clerk.

• Lyon King of Arms.

• ^M26 Member of an Agricultural Marketing Board appointed by the Minister under Schedule 2 to the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958.

• ^M27,M28 Member of an Agricultural Marketing Board appointed under section 3 of the Agricultural Marketing Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 or Schedule 2 to the Agricultural Marketing (Northern Ireland) Order 1982.

• ^F374 ...

• Member appointed by the [^F375Scottish Ministers^F375] of the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board.

• Member appointed by the Head of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland of the Agricultural Wages Board for Northern Ireland.

• ^F376 ...

• [^F377 Member of Audit Scotland appointed under section 10(2)(c) of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 or member of the staff of Audit Scotland.^F377]

• [^F226 Member of the staff of the Auditor General for Wales.^F226]

• [[^F378,F379 Member of the Big Lottery Fund or of a committee established by the Fund under paragraph 7 of Schedule 4A to the National Lottery Act 1993^F379,F378]]

• Any member in receipt of remuneration of the British Tourist Authority, the English Tourist Board [^F380or [^F381 VisitScotland^F381,F380]] .

• [^F382 Member of staff of the Children’s Commissioner^F382]

• [^F383 Member of the staff of the Children’s Commissioner for Wales.^F383]

• [^F384 Any member of the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research in receipt of remuneration.^F384]

• [^F385 Member of staff of the Commissioner for Older People in Wales^F385]

• [^F386 Member of the staff of Crown Estate Scotland (Interim Management).^F386]

• ^F387 ...

• [^F388 Member of the Determinations Panel established by the Pensions Regulator under section 9 of the Pensions Act 2004.^F388]

• [^F389 Member of the staff of the Disclosure and Barring Service.^F389]

• [^F390 Member of the staff of the Electoral Commission.^F390]

• [^F391 Member of the governing body of the Financial Conduct Authority;^F391]

• [^F392 Member of the Financial Policy Committee of the Bank of England appointed under section 9B(1)(d) or (e) of the Bank of England Act 1998.^F392]

• ^F393 ...

• ^F394 ...

• [^F220 Member of the staff of the Forestry Commissioners.^F220]

• [^F395 Member, not being also a Forestry Commissioner or officer of the Forestry Commissioners, of a committee appointed for England^F396... or Wales under section 2(3) of the Forestry Act 1967.^F395]

• ^F397 ...

• [^F398 Any member of the General Teaching Council for Wales in receipt of remuneration.^F398]

• ^F399 ...

• ^F400 ...

• Member appointed by the Secretary of State of the Horserace Betting Levy Board.

• [^F401 Member of the London Transport Users’ Committee in receipt of remuneration.^F401]

• [^F402 Member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England appointed under section 13(2)(b) or (c) of the Bank of England Act 1998.^F402]

• ^F313 ...

• ^F403 ...

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

• [^F404 Member of staff of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Energy Act 2013).^F404]

• [^F405 Member of the panel of persons available to serve as chairmen of the Care Tribunal in Northern Ireland.^F405]

• [^F406 Member of a panel of persons appointed to act as chairmen or other members of industrial tribunals in Northern Ireland.^F406]

• [^F407 Any member, in receipt of remuneration, of a panel of persons who may be selected to act as members of the Pensions Regulator Tribunal.^F407]

• ^M29 Member of a panel of persons appointed under Schedule 10 to the Rent Act 1977 to act as chairmen and other members of rent assessment committees.

• [^F408 Member of a panel of persons appointed under section 6 of the Social Security Act 1998.^F408]

• [^F409 Member of a panel of persons appointed under Article 7 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 to act as members of appeal tribunals.^F409]

• [^F410 Member of the ^F411... Passengers’ Council in receipt of remuneration.^F410]

• [^F412 Any member of the property commission established by virtue of section 19 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.^F412]

• ^F413 ...

• [^F414 Member of the Prudential Regulation Committee of the Bank of England appointed under section 30A(2)(f) or (g) of the Bank of England Act 1998^F414]

• [^F415 Member of staff of the Pubs Code Adjudicator.^F415]

• ^F416 ...

• ^M30 Any member of a residuary body established by Part VII of the Local Government Act 1985 who is in receipt of remuneration.

• [^F412 Any member of a residuary body established by virtue of section 18 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 who is in receipt of remuneration.^F412]

• ^F417 ...

• [^F418 Any member of the staff commission established by virtue of section 12 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.^F418]

• [^F228 Member of the staff of the State Pathology Service for Northern Ireland.^F228]

• ^F419 ...

• ^M31 Any member, in receipt of remuneration, of an urban development corporation (within the meaning of Part XVI of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980).

• ^F420 ...

• [^F421 National Assembly for Wales Commissioner for Standards.^F421]

• [^F422 National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care.^F422]

• Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints.

• [^F423 Northern Ireland Human Rights Commissioner.^F423]

• [^F424 The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Ombudsman.^F424]

• Officer or servant of the Crown Estate Commissioners.

• ^M32 Officer, clerk or servant appointed or employed under section 20 of the Greenwich Hospital Act 1865.

• Officer of the [^F425Senior Courts^F425] being the holder of any office listed in any Part of Schedule 2 to the [^F426Senior Courts Act 1981^F426] or a district [^F427judge^F427] of the High Court.

• [^F428 Ombudsman for the Board of the Pension Protection Fund and any deputy to that Ombudsman appointed under section 210 of the Pensions Act 2004.^F428]

• [^F429 Ordinary member of BBC Audience Council England, BBC Audience Council Northern Ireland, BBC Audience Council Scotland or BBC Audience Council Wales.^F429]

• Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration.

• [^F220 Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.^F220]

• [^F430 Parole Commissioner for Northern Ireland.^F430]

• [^F228 Pensions Ombudsman [^F431 and any deputy to that Ombudsman appointed under section 145A of the Pension Schemes Act 1993^F431] .^F228]

• ^M33 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.

• [^F432 Person appointed under section 27A of the Registered Designs Act 1949 to hear and determine appeals against decisions of the registrar under that Act^F432]

• ^F433 ...

• [^F434 Person appointed to chair the Sports Grounds Safety Authority.^F434]

• [^F435 Person appointed to hear and determine appeals under the ^M34Trade Marks Act 1994.^F435]

• Person holding a politically restricted post, within the meaning of Part I of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, under a local authority, within the meaning of that Part [^F436or a National Park authority^F436] .

• [^F437 Person on the list of those eligible to sit as members of a Gender Recognition Panel.^F437]

• [^F438 The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.^F438]

• ^F439 ...

• [^F408 President of appeal tribunals (within the meaning of Chapter I of Part I of the Social Security Act 1998) appointed under section 5 of that Act^F408]

• [[^F220,F440 President of the Employment Tribunals (England and Wales)^F440] , [^F440 President of the Employment Tribunals (Scotland)^F440] [^F441 Employment Judge, or member of a panel of members of employment tribunals that is not a panel of Employment Judges^F441] .^F220]

• [^F442 President or member of the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland.^F442]

• ^M35[^F443 President or vice-president^F443] of the panel of persons appointed under Schedule 4 to the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 to act as chairmen and other members of [^F444private rented housing committees^F444] .

• [^F445 President of appeal tribunals appointed under Article 6 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.^F445]

• [^F446 President, or member of a panel of persons appointed to act as chairman or other members, of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal for Northern Ireland.^F446]

• [^F447 President of the Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales, or member of a panel of persons appointed to act as chairman or other member of that Tribunal.^F447]

• [^F448 Prisoner Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.^F448]

• [^F449 Prisons and Probation Ombudsman for England and Wales.^F449]

• [^F450 Public Services Ombudsman for Wales.^F450]

• ^F451 ...

• [^F415 Pubs Code Adjudicator or Deputy Pubs Code Adjudicator.^F415]

• Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.

• [^F452 A regional returning officer for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998.^F452]

• Registrar of the Privy Council.

• ^F453 ...

• ^M36 Registration Officer appointed under section 8(2) [^F454, (2A)^F454] or (3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983.

• [^F455 Regulator of Community Interest Companies.^F455]

• ^M37 Rent officer [^F456or deputy rent officer^F456] appointed in pursuance of a scheme under section 63 of the Rent Act 1977.

• Returning Officer under section 25(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 and any Deputy Returning Officer appointed by him.

• [^F457 The reviewer appointed under section 40 of the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007.^F457]

• [^F458 Scottish Information Commissioner.^F458]

• [^F459 Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner.^F459]

• [^F460 Scottish Public Services Ombudsman.^F460]

• [^F461 Scottish Road Works Commissioner.^F461]

• [^F462 Sentence Review Commissioner^F462]

• ^F463 ...

• ^F464 ...

• [^F465 Service Police Complaints Commissioner.^F465]

• [^F466 Small Business Commissioner or Deputy Small Business Commissioner.^F466]

• ^F467 ...

• [^F228 Social fund Commissioner in Northern Ireland.^F228]

• Solicitor in Scotland to any department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.

• Standing Counsel to any department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.

• ^M38 Statutory officer appointed under section 70 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978.

• [^F468 Surveillance Camera Commissioner^F468]

• ^M39 Traffic commissioner for any area constituted for the purposes of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981.

• [^F469 Trustee of the Independent Living Fund (2006).^F469]

Part IV Offices disqualifying for particular constituencies

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.

• ^F477 . . .

• 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.

• ^F478 . . .

• Solicitor General.

• ^F479 Advocate General for Scotland

• ^F478 . . .

• 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.