16 Exceptions and relief from disqualification
Scotland Act 1998 (1998 c 46) | Legislation

16  Exceptions and relief from disqualification

(1)     A person is not disqualified from being a member of the Parliament merely because—

(a)     he is a peer (whether of the United Kingdom, Great Britain, England or Scotland), or

[(b)     he is a Lord Spiritual].

(2)     . . .

[(2A)     A person is not disqualified from being a member of the Parliament merely because of section 3 of the Act of Settlement, provided the person—

(a)     is resident in the United Kingdom, and

(b)     meets one of the conditions

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