{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-conduct-qualifying-local-government-employees-wales-order-2001/schedule/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-conduct-qualifying-local-government-employees-wales-order-2001/schedule/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2001/2280",
  "legislation_title": "The Code of Conduct (Qualifying Local Government Employees) (Wales) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-conduct-qualifying-local-government-employees-wales-order-2001",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Political Neutrality",
  "text": "Qualifying employees of relevant authorities, whether or not politically restricted, must follow every lawfully expressed policy of the authority and must not allow their own personal or political opinions to interfere with their work. Where qualifying employees are politically restricted (by reason of the post they hold, the nature of the work they do, or the salary they are paid), they must comply with any statutory restrictions on their political activities.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "A qualifying employee who holds a politically restricted post is disqualified from becoming or remaining a member of a relevant authority (see sections 1-3 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42) and the Local Government Officers (Political Restrictions) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/851) as amended by the Local Government Officers (Political Restrictions) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1665))."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/2280/schedule/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:16:29.737850+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}