The Local Government Officers (Political Restrictions) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/851) (“the 1990 Regulations”) impose restrictions on the public political activities of local government officers who are appointed to or employed in posts which are politically restricted posts for the purposes of Part 1 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42) (“the 1989 Act”). The restrictions take the form of terms and conditions that are deemed to be incorporated into those officers’ terms of appointment and conditions of employment (“the restrictions”).