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The Local Government Officers (Political Restrictions) Regulations 1990
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- Sch. para. 1(aa) inserted by S.I. 1998/3116 reg. 2(a)
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- Sch. para. 2A inserted by S.I. 1998/3116 reg. 2(c)
- Sch. para. 1(ab) inserted by S.I. 1999/1665 reg. 2(2)
- Sch. para. 2D inserted by S.I. 1999/1665 reg. 2(3)
- Sch. para. 1(aa)(bb) inserted by S.I. 1999/715 reg. 2(a)
- Sch. para. 1B 1C inserted by S.I. 1999/715 reg. 2(b)
- Sch. para. 2B 2C inserted by S.I. 1999/715 reg. 2(c)
- reg. 3(3) inserted by S.I. 2012/1772 reg. 2(3)(b)
- reg. 3(3) word inserted by S.I. 2018/269 reg. 3(2)
- reg. 3(4) inserted by S.I. 2017/863 Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(b)
- reg. 3(5) inserted by S.I. 2018/269 Sch. para. 3(3)(b)
PART IE+W+SGENERAL
1. The appointee shall not announce or cause, authorise or permit anyone else to announce that he is, or intends to be, a candidate for election as a member of—E+W+S
(a)the House of Commons;
(b)the European Parliament; or
(c)a local authority within the meaning of section 21(1) or (2) of the Act.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. para. 1 in force at 1.5.1990, see reg. 1
2.—(1) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in his terms of appointment or his contract of employment, upon the appointee giving notice in writing to the local authority under which he holds his appointment that he wishes to resign his appointment because he intends to announce or cause, authorise or permit anyone else to announce that he is, or intends to be, a candidate for election to the House of Commons at a pending election, his appointment shall terminate forthwith.E+W+S
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph an election shall be taken to be pending—
(a)in the case of a general election, if the date proposed for the dissolution of Parliament preceding that election has been officially announced;
(b)in the case of a by-election, if the vacancy giving rise to that election has occurred.
Commencement Information
I2Sch. para. 2 in force at 1.5.1990, see reg. 1
3. The appointee shall not act as an election agent or sub-agent within the meaning of section 67 or section 68 of the Representation of the People Act 1983(1) for a candidate for election as a member of a body mentioned in paragraph 1.E+W+S
Commencement Information
I3Sch. para. 3 in force at 1.5.1990, see reg. 1
4. The appointee shall not be an officer of a political party or of any branch of such a party or a member of any committee or sub-committee of such a party or branch if his duties as such an officer or member would be likely to require him—E+W+S
(a)to participate in the general management of the party or the branch; or
(b)to act on behalf of the party or branch in dealings with persons other than members of the party or members of another political party associated with the party.
Commencement Information
I4Sch. para. 4 in force at 1.5.1990, see reg. 1
5. The appointee shall not canvass on behalf of a political party or on behalf of a person who is, or proposes to be, a candidate for election to any of the bodies mentioned in paragraph 1.E+W+S
Commencement Information
I5Sch. para. 5 in force at 1.5.1990, see reg. 1
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