In Parts 2 to 4 of these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Local Government Act 2000;

• “authority” means a relevant authority within the meaning given to that expression by section 49(6) of the Act (principles governing conduct of members of relevant authorities) but—

  1. i

     in Parts 2 and 3 it does not include parish councils; and

  2. ii

     in Part 3 it also includes any local authority specified in regulations made under section 3A(8)2 of the 1989 Act.

• “the 1989 Act” means the Local Government and Housing Act 19893;

• “monitoring officer”, in relation to an authority which is a relevant authority for the purposes of section 5 of the 1989 Act (designation and reports of monitoring officer)4, means the monitoring officer designated under subsection (1) of that section and includes any person for the time being nominated by the monitoring officer as deputy for the purposes of that section and any person nominated under section 82A(2) or (3) of the Act5 to perform any function;

• “Standards Board” means the Standards Board for England constituted under section 57 of the Act.