{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-order-2001/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3941",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-order-2001",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Form of declaration of acceptance of office",
  "text": "Where a county, district, London borough or parish council has adopted the mandatory provisions of a model code of conduct made under section 50(1) of the Local Government Act 2000 that is applicable to that council, or the mandatory provisions of such a code apply to the members of that council pursuant to section 51(5)(b) of that Act, the declaration of acceptance of office of—\n(a) a member; and\n(b) an elected mayor,\nshall be in the form in the Schedule to this Order, or a form to the like effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 39 of the Local Government Act 2000 for the definition of “elected mayor”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3941/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:19:24.035852+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."
}