The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities)(Declaration of Acceptance of Office) Order 1990

Made: 6th December 1990

Coming into force: 1st January 1991

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 83(4) of the Local Government Act 1972[^f00001], section 31(7) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989[^f00002] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st January 1991.

Form of declaration of acceptance of office

2

The declaration of acceptance of office by the chairman or a councillor of a parish or community council shall be in the form in the Schedule to this Order, or a form to the like effect.

SCHEDULE

DECLARATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF OFFICE

Signed

Michael Heseltine — Secretary of State for the Environment — 6th December 1990

David Hunt — Secretary of State for Wales — 6th December 1990

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prescribes the form of declaration of acceptance of office to be made by the chairman or a councillor of a parish or community council. The person making the declaration is required to undertake to be guided by the National Code of Local Government Conduct. (The Code was issued as DoE Circular 8/90 and Welsh Office Circular 23/90, and is available from HMSO (ISBN 0 11 752289 9).)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c. 70; section 83(4) was amended by section 30(2) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.

[^f00002]: 1989 c. 42.