http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2186/article/2/made

The Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1989

Local government committees

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2011-07-04

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

This Order brings into force on 29th November 1989 the provisions of section 1(5) and (6) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 throughout Great Britain. These subsections enable the Secretary of State to prescribe requirements for restricting the political activities of every person holding a politically restricted post under a local authority and provide that their terms of appointment and conditions of employment shall be deemed to include such requirements.