Local Government Investigations (Functions of Monitoring Officers and Standards Committees)(Wales) Regulations 2001

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations:

• “relevant authority” (“awdurdod perthnasol”) means:

  • a county council,

  • a county borough council,

  • a community council(1),

  • a fire authority constituted by a combination scheme under the Fire Services Act 1947(2), and

  • a National Park authority established under section 63 of the Environment Act 1995(3); and

• “the 2000 Act” (“Deddf 2000”) means the Local Government Act 2000.

(1)

By virtue of section 56(7) of the Local Government Act 2000 any function which by virtue of provisions of these Regulations is exercisable by or in relation to the Standards Committee of a relevant authority which is a community council is to be exercisable by or in relation to; the standards committee of the county council or county borough council in whose area the community council is situated; or where that county council or county borough council’s standards committee has appointed a sub-committee, that sub-committee.

(2)

1947 c. 41.

(3)

1995 c. 25.