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.

(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 The Advisory Council established under section 3 of the Scottish Qualification Authority Act 2002.^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 Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg (the Welsh Language Board).^F46]

• [^F47 The Care Council for Wales.^F47]

• [^F48 The Care Quality Commission [^F49 and the Healthwatch England committee^F49] .^F48]

• [^F50 The Central Arbitration Committee.^F50]

• [^F51 The Channel Four Television Corporation.^F51]

• ^F52[^F53 The Charity Commission.^F53]

• [^F54 The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland.^F54]

• ^F55 ...

• ^F56 ...

• [^F57 The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.^F57]

• The Civil Aviation Authority.

• [^F58 The Civil Nuclear Police Authority.^F58]

• The Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal.

• [^F59 The Civil Service Commission^F59]

• [^F60 The Coal Authority.^F60]

• [^F61 Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment.^F61]

• [^F62 The Commission for Equality and Human Rights.^F62]

• [^F63 The Commission on Human Medicines.^F63]

• The Commission for Local Administration in England.

• ^F64 ...

• [^F65 The Commission for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland.^F65]

• [^F66 The Committee on Climate Change.^F66]

• [^F67 The Competition Appeal Tribunal.^F67]

• ^F68 ...

• [^F69 The Competition and Markets Authority.^F69]

• [^F70 The Competition Service.^F70]

• [^F71 The Consumer Council for Water, and each regional committee of the Council established under section 27A of the Water Industry Act 1991.^F71]

• [^F72 Consumer Scotland.^F72]

• The Copyright Tribunal.

• [^F73 The Council of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.^F73]

• ^F74 ...

• The Covent Garden Market Authority.

• [^F75 The Criminal Cases Review Commission.^F75]

• The Crown Estate Commissioners.

• [^F76 Crown Estate Scotland (Interim Management).^F76]

• ^F77 ...

• [^F78 The Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru.^F78]

• The Development Commission.

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

• ^F79 ...

• [^F80 The Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board for Northern Ireland.^F80]

• [^F81 The Disclosure and Barring Service.^F81]

• [^F82 The Electoral Commission.^F82]

• [^F83 The Employment Appeal Tribunal.^F83]

• [^F84 The English Sports Council.^F84]

• [^F85 The Environment Agency.^F85]

• [^F86 Environmental Standards Scotland.^F86]

• [^F87 The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.^F87]

• The Fair Employment Tribunal for Northern Ireland.

• [^F88 The First-tier Tribunal.^F88]

• [^F89 The Food Standards Agency.^F89]

• The Foreign Compensation Commission.

• [^F80 The Forestry Commissioners.^F80]

• [^F90 The Gambling Commission.^F90]

• [^F91 Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority^F91]

• [^F92 The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority.^F92]

• ^F93 ...

• [^F94 The Health and Care Professions Council^F94]

• The Health and Safety Executive.

• ^F95 ...

• [^F96 The Health and Social Care Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority in Northern Ireland.^F96]

• ^F97 ...

• [^F98 The Health Research Authority.^F98]

• [^F99 Healthcare Improvement Scotland.^F99]

• Highlands and Islands Enterprise.

• [^F100 The Homes and Communities Agency.^F100]

• [^F101 The Horserace Betting Levy Appeal Tribunal for England and Wales.^F101]

• The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.

• [^F102 The Human Tissue Authority.^F102]

• The Independent Commission for Police Complaints for Northern Ireland.

• [^F103 The Independent Football Regulator.^F103]

• [^F104 The Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens' Rights Agreements.^F104]

• [^F105 The Independent Office for Police Conduct.^F105]

• [^F106 The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.^F106]

• ^F107 ...

• An Industrial Court established in Northern Ireland.

• The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council.

• ^F108 ...

• [^F109 The Infected Blood Compensation Authority.^F109]

• [^F110 Invest Northern Ireland.^F110]

• A Joint Planning Inquiry Commission constituted under Part III of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act [^F1111997^F111] .

• [^F112 The Judicial Appointments Commission.^F112]

• The Labour Relations Agency.

• The Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland.

• The Lands Tribunal for Scotland.

• The Law Commission.

• [^F113 The Legal Services Board.^F113]

• ^F114 ...

• ^F115 ...

• [^F116 The Local Government Boundary Commission for England.^F116]

• ^F117 ...

• ^F118 ...

• [^F119 The Low Pay Commission appointed under section 8(9) of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998.^F119]

• [^F120 The Marine Management Organisation.^F120]

• [^F121 A Mayoral development corporation (see section 198 of the Localism Act 2011).^F121]

• [^F122 The Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales^F122]

• [^F80 The Mental Health Review Tribunal for Northern Ireland.^F80]

• The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland.

• [^F123 The Money and Pensions Service.^F123]

• [^F124 The National Audit Office.^F124]

• ^F125 ...

• [^F126 The NHS Pay Review Body.^F126]

• ^F127 ...

• [^F128 The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.^F128]

• ^F129 ...

• ^F130 ...

• [^F131 Natural England.^F131]

• [^F132 The Natural Resources Body for Wales.^F132]

• The Northern Ireland Housing Executive.

• [^F133 The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission.^F133]

• [^F134 The Northern Ireland Law Commission.^F134]

• [^F135 The Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission.^F135]

• [^F136 The Northern Ireland Social Care Council.^F136]

• [^F137 The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.^F137]

• [^F138 The Office for Budget Responsibility.^F138]

• [^F139 The Office of Communications.^F139]

• [^F140 The Office for Environmental Protection.^F140]

• ^F68 ...

• ^F141 ...

• [^F142 The Office for Legal Complaints.^F142]

• [^F143 The Office for Nuclear Regulation.^F143]

• [^F144 The Office of Rail and Road.^F144]

• [^F145 The Office of the Renewable Fuels Agency.^F145]

• [^F146 The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills.^F146]

• [^F147 The Office for Students.^F147]

• ^F148 ...

• ^F149 ...

• The Oil and Pipelines Agency.

• [^F150 The Parades Commission for Northern Ireland.^F150]

• ^F151 The Parole Board ...

• ^F152 The Parole Board for Scotland ...

• A Pensions Appeal Tribunal.

• [^F153 The Pensions Regulator.^F153]

• ^F154 ...

• [^F155 The Planning Appeals Commission constituted under section 203 of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011^F155]

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

• A Planning Inquiry Commission constituted under [^F156Part III of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997^F156] .

• [^F157 The Police Remuneration Review Body.^F157]

• ^F158 ...

• [^F159 The Prison Service Pay Review Body.^F159]

• [^F160 The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care^F160]

• [^F161 A regional committee of the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council established under section 18(2) of the Utilities Act 2000.^F161]

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

• [^F162 The Regulator of Social Housing^F162]

• ^F163 ...

• [^F164 Revenue Scotland^F164]

• ^F165 ...

• [^F166 The Review Body on Doctors and Dentists Remuneration.^F166]

• [^F167 The Risk Management Authority established under the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003.^F167]

• A Rural Development Board.

• [^F168 The School Teachers' Review Body.^F168]

• [^F169 The Scottish Charity Regulator.^F169]

• ^F170 ...

• ^F171 ...

• [^F172 The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission.^F172]

• Scottish Enterprise.

• [^F85 The Scottish Environment Protection Agency.^F85]

• [^F173 The Scottish Fiscal Commission^F173]

• [^F174 The Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council.^F174]

• [^F175 The Scottish Housing Regulator^F175]

• The Scottish Land Court.

• The Scottish Law Commission.

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

• [^F176 Scottish Natural Heritage.^F176]

• [^F177 The Scottish Qualifications Authority.^F177]

• [^F178 The Scottish Social Services Council.^F178]

• [^F179 Scottish Water.^F179]

• The Sea Fish Industry Authority.

• [^F180 The Sea Fish Licence Tribunal.^F180]

• [^F181 The Security Industry Authority.^F181]

• [^F182 Seirbheis nam Meadhanan Gàidhlig.^F182]

• [^F183 The Senior Salaries Review Body.^F183]

• ^F184 ...

• Sianel Pedwar Cymru.

• ^F185 ...

• [^F186 The Single Source Regulations Office.^F186]

• [^F99 Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland.^F99]

• [^F187 The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission^F187]

• The Social Security Advisory Committee.

• [^F188 Social Work England.^F188]

• ^F189 ...

• [^F190 The Standards Commission for Scotland.^F190]

• [^F191 The Statistics Board.^F191]

• [^F192 The Sustainable Development Commission (an advisory sub-committee of The Sustainable Development Commission Limited).^F192]

• [^F193 The Trade Remedies Authority.^F193]

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

• The Transport Tribunal.

• [^F194 The Tribunal established under section 65 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.^F194]

• [^F195 The Tribunal established under section 91 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.^F195]

• [^F196 The trustee corporation established by section 75 of the Pensions Act 2008.^F196]

• [^F197 The Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund.^F197]

• The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.

• [^F198 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 ). ^F198]

• [^F199 The United Kingdom Sports Council.^F199]

• [^F200 The Upper Tribunal.^F200]

• [^F201 The Valuation Tribunal for England.^F201]

• [^F202 The Valuation Tribunal Service.^F202]

• The Water Appeals Commission for Northern Ireland.

• ^F203 ...

• [^F204 The Water Industry Commission for Scotland.^F204]

• [^F205 The Water Services Regulation Authority.^F205]

• ^F206 ...

• [^F207 The Welsh Water Authority.^F207]

• [^F208 The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales.^F208]

^X3Part III Other disqualifying offices

_cross-notes

• [^F209 Adjudicator appointed by the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs^F209]

• [^F210 Adjudicator appointed under section 25 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.^F210]

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

• [^F211 An advocate for victims of major incidents appointed under Part 2 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024.^F211]

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

• [^F212 Appeal Officer for Community Interest Companies.^F212]

• [^F213 Assembly Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.^F213]

• [^F214 Assessor appointed for the purposes of section 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.^F214]

• [^F215 Assessor appointed for the purposes of paragraph 9 of schedule 1 to the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc (Scotland) Act 2003.^F215]

• 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.

• [^F216 Assistant Electoral Commissioners.^F216]

• Attorney General of the Duchy of Lancaster.

• [^F217 Attorney General for Northern Ireland.^F217]

• ^F218 ...

• Auditor of the Court of Session.

• [^F219 Auditor General for Scotland.^F219]

• [^F220 Auditor General for Wales.^F220]

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

• [^F221 Certification Officer or any assistant certification officer.^F221]

• [^F222 Certification Officer for Northern Ireland appointed under Article 69 of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992.^F222]

• [^F223 Chair of Creative Scotland.^F223]

• ^F224 ...

• [^F225 Chair of the National Citizen Service Trust, a body established by Royal Charter.^F225]

• [^F226 Chair of the Northern Ireland Library Authority.^F226]

• [^F227 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.^F227]

• [^F228 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.^F228]

• [^F229 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.^F229]

• ^F230 ...

• [^F231 Chair of the School Food Trust.^F231]

• ^F232 ...

• ^F232 ...

• Chairman or [^F233Medical Director^F233] of the Advisory Committee on [^F234Clinical Excellence^F234] Awards.

• [^F214 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.^F214]

• [^F235 Chairman or deputy chairman of the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute.^F235]

• ^F232 ...

• [^F214 Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.^F214]

• ^F232 ...

• [^F222 Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Commonwealth Institute.^F222]

• [[^F236,F237 Chairman, vice-chairman or ordinary member of the BBC Trust.^F237,F236]]

• Chairman or Director-General of the British Council.

• Chairman of the British Library Board.

• [^F238 Chairman, or director appointed by the Secretary of State, of CDC Group p.l.c. (formerly the Commonwealth Development Corporation).^F238]

• [^F222 Chairman of the Chief Executives’ Forum in Northern Ireland.^F222]

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

• [^F239 Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life.^F239]

• [^F240 Chairman of the Crofters Commission.^F240]

• ^F241 ...

• ^F232 ...

• ^F232 ....

• [^F214 Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the Financial Reporting Council.^F214]

• [^F242 Chairman of the Fire and Rescue Service Board.^F242]

• ^F243 ...

• ^F244 ...

• ^F245 Chairman ... of the General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland.

• ^M13[^F246 Chairman or any member, not being also an employee,^F246] of a Health Board [^F247or a Special Health Board^F247] constituted under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.

• ^F248 ...

• [^F249 Chair of the Health and Safety Executive^F249]

• [^F250 Chairman of the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland.^F250]

• [^F251 Chairman or non-executive director of a Health and [^F252 Social Care trust^F252] established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.^F251]

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

• ^F253 ...

• ^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.

• ^F254 ...

• [^F214 Chairman of Investors in People UK.^F214]

• [^F222 Chairman of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee.^F222]

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

• [^F255 Chairman of Learning and Teaching Scotland.^F255]

• Chairman of the Livestock [^F256and Meat^F256] Commission for Northern Ireland.

• ^F257 ...

• Chairman [^F258or Chief Executive^F258] of the Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland.

• [^F259 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.^F259]

• Chairman [^F260or any member, not being also an employee,^F260] of the Management Committee of the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service constituted under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.

• [^F232 Chairman, Deputy Chairman or Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council.^F232]

• [^F261 Chairman of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.^F261]

• ^F262 ...

• [^F214 Chairman or Director of the National Forest Company.^F214]

• [^F263 Chairman or non-executive member of [^F264 NHS England^F264] .^F263]

• [^F265 Chairman or other non-executive director of an NHS foundation trust.^F265]

• Chairman or [^F266non-executive director^F266] of a National Health Service trust established under [^F267the National Health Service Act 2006^F267][^F268 or the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006^F268] .

• ^F232 ...

• Chairman of the Northern Ireland Civil Service Appeal Board.

• Chairman of the [^F269Northern Ireland Clinical Excellence Awards Committee^F269] .

• [^F214 Chairman of the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council.^F214]

• [^F214 Chairman of the Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment.^F214]

• [^F222 Chairman of the Northern Ireland Higher Education Council.^F222]

• [^F222 Chairman of, or secretary to, the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee.^F222]

• [^F270 Chairman or vice-chairman of the Northern Ireland Policing Board.^F270]

• [^F271 Chairman of the Northern Ireland Screen Commission.^F271]

• Chairman of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board.

• ^F272 ...

• [^F273 Chairman, or member in receipt of remuneration, of the Olympic Lottery Distributor.^F273]

• Chairman of the Prescription Pricing Authority.

• ^F274 ...

• Chairman of the Probation Board for Northern Ireland.

• [^F275 Chairman of a probation trust.^F275]

• [^F276 Chairman of Quality Meat Scotland.^F276]

• Chairman of a [^F277Regional Flood and Coastal Committee^F277] for any area of England and Wales.

• [^F278 Chairman or any member, not being also an employee, of any ^F279... Special Health Authority ^F280... ^F278]

• ^F241 ...

• Chairman of the [^F281Scottish Dental Practice Board^F281] or a member of that Board appointed at an annual salary.

• ^F282 Chairman ... of the Scottish Sports Council.

• ^M16 Chairman of a special health and social [^F283care agency^F283] 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.

• [^F284 Chairman or Chief Executive of the Student Loans Company Limited.^F284]

• [^F285 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.^F285]

• [^F286 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.^F286]

• Chairman of the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service.

• [^F214 Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Youth Council for Northern Ireland.^F214]

• ^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 [^F287SITPRO Limited^F287] .

• [^F288 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.^F288]

• [^F289 Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland.^F289]

• [^F290 Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency.^F290]

• [^F291 Chief Investigating Officer appointed under section 9 of the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000.^F291]

• [^F292 Chief Investigator, chair or other member of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body.^F292]

• [^F293 Chief Land Registrar.^F293]

• [^F294 Chief Officer of a community justice authority appointed under section 4(2) of the Management of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Act 2005.^F294]

• [^F295 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).^F295]

• [^F296 The Chief Regulator of Qualifications and Examinations [^F297 , the chair of the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation^F297] and any member of the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation in receipt of remuneration.^F296]

• ^F298 Children’s Commissioner.

• [^F299 Children’s Commissioner for Wales.^F299]

• ^F300 ...

• [^F214 Civil Service Commissioner for Northern Ireland.^F214]

• 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.

• [^F301 Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland.^F301]

• Commissioner of the City of London Police.

• [^F302 Commissioner for Older People in Wales.^F302]

• [^F303 Commissioner for Patient Safety.^F303]

• [^F214 Commissioner for Public Appointments.^F214]

• [^F214 Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland.^F214]

• [^F304 Commissioner for the Retention and Use of Biometric Material^F304]

• [^F305 Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses.^F305]

• Commons Commissioner.

• [^F306 Compliance Officer for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.^F306]

• ^F307 ...

• Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland.

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

• ^F308 ...

• ^F309 ...

• [^F310 Coroner, deputy coroner or assistant deputy coroner appointed under the Coroners Act 1988.^F310]

• [^F311 Coroner or deputy coroner appointed under section 2(1) of the Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959.^F311]

• [^F312 Coroner of the Queen's household.^F312]

• [^F313 Senior coroner, area coroner or assistant coroner appointed under Part 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.^F313]

• [^F313 Deputy Chief Coroner appointed by the Lord Chancellor under that Part who is not also a senior coroner.^F313]

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

• Crown Solicitor for Northern Ireland.

• [^F314 Deputy Electoral Commissioners.^F314]

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

• ^F315 ...

• Director of British Nuclear Fuels [^F316Limited^F316]

• [^F317 Director of Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited.^F317]

• Director of Citybus Limited.

• [^F318 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 [^F319 section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006^F319] ;

  (c)

  a company which is a subsidiary (within the meaning so given) of a licence company.^F318]

• Director of a company for the time being holding an appointment under Chapter I of Part II of the [^F320Water Industry Act 1991^F320] 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.

• [^F321 Director of a company which is designated as the Independent System Operator and Planner in accordance with section 162 of the Energy Act 2023.^F321]

• ^F322,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.

• [^F323 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, ^F324...

  (b)

  ^F324 ...

  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.^F323]

• ^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.

• [^F325 Director of David MacBrayne Limited.^F325]

• ^F326 ...

• Director of Flexibus Limited.

• [^F327 Director in receipt of remuneration of High Speed Two (HS2) Limited.^F327]

• [^F328 Director of Highlands and Islands Airports Limited.^F328]

• [^F214 Any director of Horticulture Research International in receipt of remuneration.^F214]

• Director of International Military Services Limited.

• [^F329 Director of Labour Market Enforcement^F329]

• [^F330 Director of a Local Healthwatch organisation.^F330]

• [^F331 Director of Middletown Centre for Autism (Holdings) Limited or of Middletown Centre for Autism Limited.^F331]

• Director of Northern Ireland Railways Company Limited.

• Director of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company.

• [^F332 Director of Northern Ireland Water Limited.^F332]

• Director of Nuclear Electric p.l.c.

• [^F333 Director of Partnerships for Schools Limited.^F333]

• [^F334 Director of the Pensions Advisory Service Limited.^F334]

• [^F335 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.^F335]

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

• [^F336 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.^F336]

• [^F337 Director of a publicly owned successor company (within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1995)^F337]

• Director appointed at a salary of Remploy Limited.

• [^F338 Director General or Deputy Director General of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency.^F338]

• [^F339 Director of Scottish Futures Trust Limited.^F339]

• Director of Scottish Nuclear Limited.

• [^F340 Director of Service Prosecutions.^F340]

• [^F341 Director of The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited.^F341]

• [^F342 Director of Strategic Investment Board Limited.^F342]

• [^F343 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^F343]

• [^F344 Director of UK Film Council.^F344]

• [^F345 Director in receipt of remuneration of UK Financial Investments Limited.^F345]

• Director of Ulsterbus Limited.

• [^F346 Director of United Kingdom Anti-Doping Limited appointed by the members of the company.^F346]

• ^F347 ...

• [^F222 District judge appointed under section 6 of the County Courts Act 1984.^F222]

• [^F348 Domestic Abuse Commissioner.^F348]

• [^F349 Employee of the National Audit Office.^F349]

• ^M23 The Governor or Administrator of a [^F350overseas^F350] territory within the meaning of section 50(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981.

• Governor, Deputy Governor or [^F351non-executive director^F351] of the Bank of England.

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

• ^F352,M24 Governor ... or other officer or member of the staff of a prison to which the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 applies.

• [^F353 Groceries Code Adjudicator or Deputy Groceries Code Adjudicator.^F353]

• Health Service Commissioner for England.

• [^F354 Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales or Prif Arolygydd Ei Mawrhydi dros Addysg a Hyfforddiant yng Nghymru.^F354]

• [^F355 Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales.^F355]

• [^F214 Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland.^F214]

• [^F356 Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Probation for England and Wales.^F356]

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

• [^F357 The Immigration Services Commissioner.^F357]

• [^F358 The Deputy Immigration Services Commissioner.^F358]

• [^F359 The Forensic Science Regulator.^F359]

• [^F360 Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner^F360]

• [^F361 The Independent Case Examiner for the Department for Work and Pensions.^F361]

• [^F362 The Information Commissioner.^F362]

• [^F363 Investigating Commissioner of, or member of a decision-making committee of, the Commission for Equality and Human Rights.^F363]

• Judge Advocate General, Vice Judge Advocate General [^F364Assistant Judge Advocate General^F364] .

• [^F365 The Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman.^F365]

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

• ^F366 ...

• ^F366 ...

• ^F367 ...

• 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.

• ^F368 ...

• Member appointed by the [^F369Scottish Ministers^F369] 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.

• ^F370 ...

• [^F371 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.^F371]

• [^F220 Member of the staff of the Auditor General for Wales.^F220]

• [[^F372,F373 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^F373,F372]]

• Any member in receipt of remuneration of the British Tourist Authority, the English Tourist Board [^F374or [^F375 VisitScotland^F375,F374]] .

• [^F376 Member of staff of the Children’s Commissioner^F376]

• [^F377 Member of the staff of the Children’s Commissioner for Wales.^F377]

• [^F378 Any member of the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research in receipt of remuneration.^F378]

• [^F379 Member of staff of the Commissioner for Older People in Wales^F379]

• [^F380 Member of the staff of Crown Estate Scotland (Interim Management).^F380]

• ^F381 ...

• [^F382 Member of the Determinations Panel established by the Pensions Regulator under section 9 of the Pensions Act 2004.^F382]

• [^F383 Member of the staff of the Disclosure and Barring Service.^F383]

• [^F384 Member of the staff of the Electoral Commission.^F384]

• [^F385 Member of the governing body of the Financial Conduct Authority;^F385]

• [^F386 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.^F386]

• ^F387 ...

• ^F388 ...

• [^F214 Member of the staff of the Forestry Commissioners.^F214]

• [^F389 Member, not being also a Forestry Commissioner or officer of the Forestry Commissioners, of a committee appointed for England^F390... or Wales under section 2(3) of the Forestry Act 1967.^F389]

• ^F391 ...

• [^F392 Any member of the General Teaching Council for Wales in receipt of remuneration.^F392]

• ^F393 ...

• ^F394 ...

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

• [^F395 Member of the London Transport Users’ Committee in receipt of remuneration.^F395]

• [^F396 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.^F396]

• ^F307 ...

• ^F397 ...

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

• [^F398 Member of staff of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Energy Act 2013).^F398]

• [^F399 Member of the panel of persons available to serve as chairmen of the Care Tribunal in Northern Ireland.^F399]

• [^F400 Member of a panel of persons appointed to act as chairmen or other members of industrial tribunals in Northern Ireland.^F400]

• [^F401 Any member, in receipt of remuneration, of a panel of persons who may be selected to act as members of the Pensions Regulator Tribunal.^F401]

• ^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.

• [^F402 Member of a panel of persons appointed under section 6 of the Social Security Act 1998.^F402]

• [^F403 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.^F403]

• [^F404 Member of the ^F405... Passengers’ Council in receipt of remuneration.^F404]

• [^F406 Any member of the property commission established by virtue of section 19 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.^F406]

• ^F407 ...

• [^F408 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^F408]

• [^F409 Member of staff of the Pubs Code Adjudicator.^F409]

• ^F410 ...

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

• [^F406 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.^F406]

• ^F411 ...

• [^F412 Any member of the staff commission established by virtue of section 12 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.^F412]

• [^F222 Member of the staff of the State Pathology Service for Northern Ireland.^F222]

• ^F413 ...

• ^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).

• ^F414 ...

• [^F415 National Assembly for Wales Commissioner for Standards.^F415]

• [^F416 National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care.^F416]

• Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints.

• [^F417 Northern Ireland Human Rights Commissioner.^F417]

• [^F418 The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Ombudsman.^F418]

• 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 [^F419Senior Courts^F419] being the holder of any office listed in any Part of Schedule 2 to the [^F420Senior Courts Act 1981^F420] or a district [^F421judge^F421] of the High Court.

• [^F422 Ombudsman for the Board of the Pension Protection Fund and any deputy to that Ombudsman appointed under section 210 of the Pensions Act 2004.^F422]

• [^F423 Ordinary member of BBC Audience Council England, BBC Audience Council Northern Ireland, BBC Audience Council Scotland or BBC Audience Council Wales.^F423]

• Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration.

• [^F214 Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.^F214]

• [^F424 Parole Commissioner for Northern Ireland.^F424]

• [^F222 Pensions Ombudsman [^F425 and any deputy to that Ombudsman appointed under section 145A of the Pension Schemes Act 1993^F425] .^F222]

• ^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.

• [^F426 Person appointed under section 27A of the Registered Designs Act 1949 to hear and determine appeals against decisions of the registrar under that Act^F426]

• ^F427 ...

• [^F428 Person appointed to chair the Sports Grounds Safety Authority.^F428]

• [^F429 Person appointed to hear and determine appeals under the ^M34Trade Marks Act 1994.^F429]

• 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 [^F430or a National Park authority^F430] .

• [^F431 Person on the list of those eligible to sit as members of a Gender Recognition Panel.^F431]

• [^F432 The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.^F432]

• ^F433 ...

• [^F402 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^F402]

• [[^F214,F434 President of the Employment Tribunals (England and Wales)^F434] , [^F434 President of the Employment Tribunals (Scotland)^F434] [^F435 Employment Judge, or member of a panel of members of employment tribunals that is not a panel of Employment Judges^F435] .^F214]

• [^F436 President or member of the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland.^F436]

• ^M35[^F437 President or vice-president^F437] of the panel of persons appointed under Schedule 4 to the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 to act as chairmen and other members of [^F438private rented housing committees^F438] .

• [^F439 President of appeal tribunals appointed under Article 6 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.^F439]

• [^F440 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.^F440]

• [^F441 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.^F441]

• [^F442 Prisoner Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.^F442]

• [^F443 Prisons and Probation Ombudsman for England and Wales.^F443]

• [^F444 Public Services Ombudsman for Wales.^F444]

• ^F445 ...

• [^F409 Pubs Code Adjudicator or Deputy Pubs Code Adjudicator.^F409]

• Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.

• [^F446 A regional returning officer for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998.^F446]

• Registrar of the Privy Council.

• ^F447 ...

• ^M36 Registration Officer appointed under section 8(2) [^F448, (2A)^F448] or (3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983.

• [^F449 Regulator of Community Interest Companies.^F449]

• ^M37 Rent officer [^F450or deputy rent officer^F450] 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.

• [^F451 The reviewer appointed under section 40 of the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007.^F451]

• [^F452 Scottish Information Commissioner.^F452]

• [^F453 Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner.^F453]

• [^F454 Scottish Public Services Ombudsman.^F454]

• [^F455 Scottish Road Works Commissioner.^F455]

• [^F456 Sentence Review Commissioner^F456]

• ^F457 ...

• [^F458 Service Complaints Ombudsman.^F458]

• [^F459 Service Police Complaints Commissioner.^F459]

• [^F460 Small Business Commissioner or Deputy Small Business Commissioner.^F460]

• ^F461 ...

• [^F222 Social fund Commissioner in Northern Ireland.^F222]

• 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.

• [^F462 Surveillance Camera Commissioner^F462]

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

• [^F463 Trustee of the Independent Living Fund (2006).^F463]

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.

• ^F471 . . .

• 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.

• ^F472 . . .

• Solicitor General.

• ^F473 Advocate General for Scotland

• ^F472 . . .

• 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.