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1.—(1) This Code applies to you as a member of an authority.
(2) You should read this Code together with the general principles prescribed by the Secretary of State(1).
(3) It is your responsibility to comply with the provisions of this Code.
(4) In this Code—
“meeting” means any meeting of—
the authority;
the executive of the authority;
any of the authority’s or its executive’s committees, sub-committees, joint committees, joint sub-committees, or area committees;
“member” includes a co-opted member and an appointed member.
(5) In relation to a parish council, references to an authority’s monitoring officer and an authority’s standards committee shall be read, respectively, as references to the monitoring officer and the standards committee of the district council or unitary county council which has functions in relation to the parish council for which it is responsible under section 55(12) of the Local Government Act 2000.
See the Relevant Authorities (General Principles) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1401).
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