Subject to subsection (1A), a person who is a member or co-opted member of a relevant authority at a time when the authority adopt a code of conduct under section 51 for the first time—
This section does not apply in the case of a member or co-opted member of a corporate joint committee (as to which see section 52ZA).
The form of declaration of acceptance of office which may be prescribed by an order under section 83 of the Local Government Act 1972 in relation to a relevant authority may include an undertaking by the declarant that in performing his functions he will observe the authority's code of conduct for the time being under section 51.
A person who becomes a member of a relevant authority to which section 83 of that Act does not apply at any time after the authority have adopted a code of conduct under section 51 for the first time may not act in that office unless he has given the authority a written undertaking that in performing his functions he will observe the authority's code of conduct for the time being under section 51.
A person who becomes a co-opted member of a relevant authority at any time after the authority have adopted a code of conduct under section 51 for the first time may not act as such unless he has given the authority a written undertaking that in performing his functions he will observe the authority's code of conduct for the time being under section 51.
In relation to a relevant authority whose members and co-opted members are subject to mandatory provisions by virtue of section 51(5)(b)—