# The Local Elections (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) (Welsh Forms) Order 1991, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order prescribes the form of declaration of acceptance of office which may be made in welsh by the chairman, vice-chairman or a councillor of the council of a county, district, or a community in Wales in place of the prescribed English forms of delaration of acceptance of office. The person making the declaration is required to undertake to be guided by the National Code of Local Government Conduct issued under section 31(1) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. (The Code was issued as DOE Circular 8/90, Welsh Office Circular 23/90, and is available from HMSO (ISBN 0 11 752289 9).) A Welsh language translation of the Code is also available from the Welsh Office.
The order revokes the previous forms of declaration of acceptance ofoffice which would be made in Welsh and which are now superseded by the provisions of this Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1169/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-welsh-forms-order-1991/note
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