Explanatory note

The Local Government Officers (Political Restrictions) Regulations 1990 impose restrictions on the public political activities of local government officers who are appointed to or employed in posts which are politically restricted posts for the purposes of Part I of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. The restrictions take the form of terms and conditions that are deemed to be incorporated into those officers' terms of appointment and conditions of employment.

These Regulations amend the 1990 Regulations so as to introduce, as regards the holders of politically restricted posts in Scotland, restrictions in connection with standing as a candidate for election to the Scottish Parliament.