PART 1GENERAL
Citation, commencement and application
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Standards Committee (Further Provisions) (England) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 15th June 2009.
(2) Parts 1 and 4 apply to relevant authorities in England and police authorities in Wales.
(3) Parts 2 and 3 apply to relevant authorities in England.
Interpretation
2. 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—
in Parts 2 and 3 it does not include parish councils; and
in Part 3 it also includes any local authority specified in regulations made under section 3A(8)(1) of the 1989 Act.
“the 1989 Act” means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989(2);
“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)(3), 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 Act(4) to perform any function;
“Standards Board” means the Standards Board for England constituted under section 57 of the Act.
Section 3A was inserted by section 202 of the Local Government Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.
There have been amendments to section 5 which are not relevant.
Section 82A was inserted by section 113(2) of the Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26). Subsection (1) was amended by section 194(9) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28).