Local Government (Implementation) Act 1999

Subject to subsection (2), any register or code of conduct or practice in force under the 1934 Act immediately before the relevant day may, to the extent that a corresponding register or code is required under the 1999 Act, be taken to have been made under the 1999 Act (but may still be used for the purposes of the 1934 Act, if required).

For the purposes of Chapter 5 Part 4 Division 2 of the 1999 Act—

any person elected as a member of a council at the general election to be held in May 2000 (including a person who was a member of the council before that election) must, within six weeks after election, submit to the chief executive officer a primary return under that Division; and

a member of the public is not entitled to inspect the Register under that Division until six weeks after the general election to be held in May 2000.