[426A Disqualification from Parliament [(England and Wales and Northern Ireland)]]
Insolvency Act 1986 (1986 c 45) | Legislation

[426A  Disqualification from Parliament [(England and Wales and Northern Ireland)]]

[(1)     A person in respect of whom a bankruptcy restrictions order [or a debt relief restrictions order] has effect shall be disqualified—

(a)     from membership of the House of Commons,

(b)     from sitting or voting in the House of Lords, and

(c)     from sitting or voting in a committee of the House of Lords or a joint committee of both Houses.

(2)     If a member

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