{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-committees-and-political-groups-regulations-1990/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-committees-and-political-groups-regulations-1990/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1553",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-committees-and-political-groups-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Wishes of political groups",
  "text": "(1) The wishes of a political group are to be taken as those expressed to the proper officer—\n(a) orally or in writing by the leader or representative of the group; or\n(b) in a written statement signed by a majority of the members of the group.\n(2) In the event that different wishes of a political group are notified in accordance with paragraph (1), the wishes notified in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) shall prevail.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 13(1)(a) substituted (8.7.1991) by The Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/1398), regs. 1, 5(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 13 in force at 1.8.1990, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1553/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:11:04.151811+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."
}