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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.
The Order also brings into force on 29th November 1989 section 2 of that Act which specifies the posts which are to be subject to political restriction and imposes a duty on local authorities to prepare, maintain and deposit with their proper officer, within 2 months of commencement of the section a list of posts for which the annual rate of remuneration is or exceeds £19,500 and posts which involve giving advice on a regular basis to the authority or a committee of the authority or speaking on behalf of the authority on a regular basis to journalists or broadcasters.
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