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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-model-code-of-conduct-england-order-2001/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3575",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Model Code of Conduct) (England) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-model-code-of-conduct-england-order-2001",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Model code of conduct—authorities operating executive arrangements",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State hereby issues a model code as regards the conduct which is expected of members and co-opted members of authorities which are operating executive arrangements and that code is set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.\n(2) For such authorities, all the provisions of the model code in Schedule 1 to this Order are mandatory.\n(3) Where an authority which is not operating executive arrangements begins to do so, Schedule 1 to this Order shall have effect in relation to that authority as if it consisted of mandatory provisions of a model code of conduct issued in a subsequent order made under section 51(2) of the Local Government Act 2000 on the day on which the authority begins to operate those arrangements.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 49(7) of the Local Government Act 2000 for the definition of “co-opted member”. Under section 83(3) and (4) of that Act, references to a member of a relevant authority include references to an elected mayor, an elected executive member, the Mayor of London and a member of the London Assembly."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 10 of the Local Government Act 2000 for the definition of “executive arrangements”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See sections 50 and 51 of the Local Government Act 2000 for the effect of a mandatory provision."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3575/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:26:09.063708+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."
}