Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 1465
Local Government, England
The Local Elections (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) Order 2012
Made
6th June 2012
Laid before Parliament
13th June 2012
Coming into force
9th July 2012
The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 83(1) and (4) of the Local Government Act 1972( 1 ), makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Elections (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) Order 2012 and comes into force on 9th July 2012.
(2) This Order applies in relation to England only( 2 ).
Form of declaration of acceptance of office
2. For the purposes of section 83(1) and (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the prescribed form of the declaration of acceptance of office is as set out in the Schedule to this Order.
Revocation of order
3.The Local Elections (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) Order 2001( 3 ) is revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Grant Shapps
Minister of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
6th June 2012
Article 2
SCHEDULE
1972 c. 70 . Section 83 was amended by sections 83 and 102 of the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) ; Schedule 13 to and section 237 of the Education Reform act 1988 (c. 40) ; section 30(2) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42) ; paragraph 23 of Schedule 15 to and section 66(5) of Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) and paragraph 9(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to and section 46 of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22) .
The Secretary of State’s functions under section 83 of the Local Government Act 1972, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales; see article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 ( S.I. 1999/672 ). By virtue of paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 1 to the Government of Wales act 2006 (c. 32) they were transferred to the Welsh Ministers.