Local Authorities (Code of Conduct) (Local Determination) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 c.2617

Local Authorities (Code of Conduct) (Local Determination) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 No. 2617

Summary:

Under the provisions of Part III of the Local Government Act 2000 ethical standards officers may carry out investigations into allegations that a member of a relevant authority in England has failed to comply with the authority's code of conduct. A Local Commissioner in Wales may carry out a similar investigation into an allegation that a member of a police authority in Wales has failed to comply with the authority's code of conduct. The ethical standards officer or the Local Commissioner, as the case may be, may choose to refer the report on the outcome of his investigation to the monitoring officer of any authority concerned. The Local Authorities (Code of Conduct) (Local Determination) Regulations 2003 ("the 2003 Regulations") made provision in respect of the way such matters referred to monitoring officers are dealt with by the authority's standards committee. The ethical standards officer may also choose to refer an allegation to the monitoring officer of an authority concerned prior to his having carried out or concluded an investigation. These Regulations amend the 2003 Regulations to make provision in respect of the way such matters should be investigated by monitoring officers and also in respect of the way standards committees should then deal with reports prepared by the monitoring officer on the outcome of any such investigation.

Made Under:

Local Government Act 2000 (C. 22) - sections 53(6) and (12), 54(4), 55(8), 66, 73(1) to (6) and 105

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