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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-wales-order-2004/article-3",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2004/1508",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) (Wales) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-wales-order-2004",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Form of declaration of acceptance of office",
  "text": "Where an authority has adopted the mandatory provisions of a model code of conduct made under section 50(2) 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 either in the English form set out in Schedule 1 to this Order or the Welsh form set out in Schedule 2, or a form to the like effect.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/1508/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:08:28.185570+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."
}