The Local Government Officers (Political Restrictions) Amendment Regulations 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/3116
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Officers (Political Restrictions) Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.

(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Local Government Officers (Political Restrictions) Regulations 1990 .

(3) The amendments to the principal Regulations made by regulation 2 below shall apply only in respect of persons holding a politically restricted post under a local authority in Scotland.

Section 2 Amendment of Regulations

In the Schedule to the principal Regulations–

(a) after paragraph 1(a), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph:–

(aa) the Scottish Parliament;

(b) after paragraph 1, there shall be inserted the following paragraph:–

(1A) Where prior to 1st January 1999 an announcement has been made that the appointee is, or intends to be, a candidate for election as a member of the Scottish Parliament at the first ordinary general election for membership of that Parliament, the appointee shall not act, or continue to act, as such a candidate.

(c) after paragraph 2, there shall be inserted the following paragraph:–

(2A) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in his terms of appointment or his contract of employment, upon the appointee giving notice in writing to the local authority under which he holds his appointment that he wishes to resign his appointment because he intends to become, or to continue to act as, a candidate for election as a member of the Scottish Parliament at the first ordinary general election for membership of that Parliament, his appointment shall terminate forthwith.