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Standing orders with respect to local authority staff

5.  In section 8 of the 1989 Act (duty to adopt standing orders with respect to staff), for paragraph (d) of subsection (4), there shall be substituted—

(d)without prejudice to section 191(1) below, special provision in relation to the appointment of persons—

(i)in pursuance of section 9 below;

(ii)for the purposes of functions exercised by joint committees on which relevant authorities are represented; and

(iii)in pursuance of regulations made under paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Act 2000 (mayor’s assistant)..