PART 1

Local Government
CHAPTER 7

Standards

Register of interests
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1
The monitoring officer of a relevant authority must establish and maintain a register of interests of members and co-opted members of the authority.
2
Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, it is for a relevant authority to determine what is to be entered in the authority’s register.
3
Nothing in this Chapter requires an entry to be retained in a relevant authority’s register once the person concerned—
a
no longer has the interest, or
b
is (otherwise than transitorily on re-election or re-appointment) neither a member nor a co-opted member of the authority.
4
In the case of a relevant authority that is a parish council, references in this Chapter to the authority’s monitoring officer are to the monitoring officer of the parish council’s principal authority.
5
The monitoring officer of a relevant authority other than a parish council must secure—
a
that a copy of the authority’s register is available for inspection at a place in the authority’s area at all reasonable hours, and
b
that the register is published on the authority’s website.
6
The monitoring officer of a relevant authority that is a parish council must—
a
secure that a copy of the parish council’s register is available for inspection at a place in the principal authority’s area at all reasonable hours,
b
secure that the register is published on the principal authority’s website, and
c
provide the parish council with any data it needs to comply with subsection (7).
7
A parish council must, if it has a website, secure that its register is published on its website.
8
Subsections (5) to (7) are subject to section 32(2).
9
In this Chapter “principal authority”, in relation to a parish council, means—
a
in the case of a parish council for an area in a district that has a district council, that district council,
b
in the case of a parish council for an area in a London borough, the council of that London borough, and
c
in the case of a parish council for any other area, the county council for the county that includes that area.
10
In this Chapter “register”, in relation to a relevant authority, means its register under subsection (1).