Disqualification for certain offices which may be held by members of the Assembly.

1 No person may— a be nominated to hold the office of First Minister or deputy First Minister or a Ministerial office to be held by a Northern Ireland Minister, c be appointed as a junior Minister, or d be nominated under paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (members of the Northern Ireland Policing Board drawn from the Northern Ireland Assembly), if he is the holder of a disqualifying office. 2 A Minister or junior Minister ceases to hold that office on becoming the holder of a disqualifying office. 3 A person holding office as a member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board in accordance with paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 ceases to hold that office on becoming the holder of a disqualifying office. 4 In this section “ disqualifying office ” means— a Minister of the Government of Ireland; or b chairman or deputy chairman of— i a committee of the Dáil Éireann (House of Representatives of Ireland); ii a committee of the Seanad Éireann (Senate of Ireland); or iii a joint committee of the Oireachtas (National Parliament of Ireland).