Schedule 5, Part I, paragraph 3(1)

Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a person shall be disqualified for appointment as a member of a flood defence committee if he— is a paid officer of the Agency; or is a person who has been adjudged bankrupt, or whose estate has been sequestrated or who has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors; or within the period of five years before the day of his appointment, has been convicted, in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, of any offence and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months without the option of a fine; or is disqualified for being elected or for being a member of a local authority under the Audit Commission Act 1998 or Part III of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (legal proceedings).

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