The Standards Committee (Further Provisions) (England) Regulations 2009

Terms of reference of joint standards committees

15.—(1) All of the authorities which together establish a joint standards committee must agree the terms of reference of the joint standards committee and must send a statement which sets out those terms of reference and any revision of those terms of reference, to the Standards Board.

(2) The terms of reference specified in paragraph (1) must—

(a) identify the functions which are to be discharged by the joint standards committee;

(b) make provision for the administrative arrangements of the joint standards committee;

(c) specify, for each authority that is involved in the establishment of the joint standards committee, which committee is the standards committee to which written allegations under section 57A(1) of the Act may be sent;

(d) specify the number of members to be appointed to the joint standards committee by the authorities establishing that committee and make provision for the terms of office of those members;

(e) make provision for the appointment of members, by the joint standards committee, to sub-committees of that committee;

(f) specify what provision is made for the payment of allowances to members of the joint standards committee;

(g) make provision for the procedure for an authority to withdraw from the joint standards committee upon service of notice.

(3) The expenses incurred by a joint standards committee shall be defrayed by the authorities establishing that committee in such proportions as they may agree or in case of disagreement by a single arbitrator agreed on by the appointing authorities.