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61—(1) The Commissioner, having adjudicated on any matter, may make recommendations to a council about any matters relating to—
(a)the exercise of the council's functions; or
(b)the failure to observe the code of conduct.
(2) The Commissioner—
(a)must send a copy of any recommendations under subsection (1) to the Department; and
(b)may send a copy of those recommendations to any other public body.
(3) A council to which recommendations are made under subsection (1) must—
(a)consider the recommendations; and
(b)within such period beginning with the day on which the recommendations are received as the Commissioner may specify, prepare a report for the Department giving details of what action the council has taken or is proposing to take as a result of the recommendations.
(4) A council's function of considering a report under subsection (3) may be discharged only by the council (and accordingly, is not to be a function to which section 7 applies).
(5) If the Department is not satisfied with the action the council has taken or proposes to take in relation to the recommendations, the Department may require the council to publish a statement giving details of the recommendations made by the Commissioner and of the council's reasons for not fully implementing the recommendations.
Commencement Information
I1S. 61 in operation at 2.6.2014 by S.R. 2014/153, art. 2, Sch. 1
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