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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-order-2002/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1044",
  "legislation_title": "The Greater London Authority (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-order-2002",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order prescribes the form of declaration of office for the Mayor of London, members of the London Assembly and any acting Mayor of London in accordance with section 28 of Greater London Authority Act 1999. The declaration must be made within two months of assumption of office.\nArticle 2 provides that the form (or a form to like effect) in the Schedule to the Order shall be used for such declarations.\nArticle 3 revokes a previous order made under section 28 of Greater London Authority Act 1999. Article 4 revokes article 4(1)(g) of the Local Authorities (Model Code of Conduct) (England) Order 2001, which disapplies any orders made under section 28 until 27th July 2002.\nThe Schedule to the Order prescribes the form of the declaration.\nWhen the Greater London Authority adopts a code of conduct for the first time as required by section 51 of the Local Government Act 2000, or where a person becomes a member (as defined by that Act to include the Mayor of London and a London Assembly member) or co-opted member of the Authority at any time after such a code is adopted, he must in addition to the declaration prescribed in this Order (where he is required to make one), give a written undertaking pursuant to section 52 of the Local Government Act 2000 that he will observe the code of conduct.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1044/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:00:20.958828+00:00"
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  "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."
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