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

Determinations of the Standards Committee

9.—(1) After considering any representations, a Standards Committee must determine:

(a) that there is no evidence of any failure to comply with the code of conduct of the relevant authority and that therefore no action needs to be taken in respect of the matters which are the subject of the investigation;

(b) that a member or co-opted member (or former member or co-opted member) of a relevant authority has failed to comply with the relevant authority’s code of conduct but that no action needs to be taken in respect of that failure;

(c) that a member or co-opted member (or former member or co-opted member) of the relevant authority has failed to comply with the authority’s code of conduct and should be censured, or

(d) that a member or co-opted member of a relevant authority has failed to comply with the authority’s code of conduct and should be suspended or partially suspended from being a member or co-opted member of that authority for a period not exceeding six months.

(2) Where an appeals tribunal drawn from the Adjudication Panel for Wales makes a recommendation in accordance with Regulation 12 (a)(ii) below that a different penalty should be imposed, the Standards Committee must also determine whether or not it should uphold its original determination or accept the recommendation.

(3) After making a determination in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) above the Standards Committee must notify any person who is the subject of the investigation, any person who made any allegation which gave rise to the investigation and the Local Commissioner in Wales accordingly, giving reasons for the decision.

(4) After making a determination in accordance with paragraph (2) above the Standards Committee must also notify the president of the Adjudication Panel for Wales.