Part 5: Disqualification of offenders for holding elective office etc Section 35: Election etc of a person to the House of Commons who is subject to a disqualification order
Subsection (1) of section 35 specifies that if a person who is elected as a member of the House of Commons is subject to a disqualification order, then that person’s election is void.
	Subsection (2) makes an amendment to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975. The effect of this amendment is that a person may apply to Her Majesty in Council in accordance with section 7 of the 1975 Act for a declaration to the effect that a person purporting to be a member of the House of Commons is disqualified by virtue of a disqualification order, in the same way that a declaration can be sought that a person is disqualified for any other reason.