The Conduct of Members (Model Code of Conduct) (Wales) Order 2001

Duty to uphold the law

6.—(1) Members:

(a) must not in their official capacity or otherwise commit a criminal offence or cause one to be committed;

(b) must not in their official capacity or otherwise behave in a manner which could be reasonably regarded as bringing the office of member or the authority into disrepute;

(c) must report to the Local Commissioner for Local Administration in Wales and to the authority’s monitoring officer any conduct by another member which they believe involves or is likely to involve a failure to comply with this code of conduct;

(d) must report, whether through the authority’s confidential reporting procedure or direct to the proper authority, any conduct by another person which they believe involves or is likely to involve criminal behaviour;

(e) must not in relation to (c) above make vexatious or malicious complaints against other persons.

(2) A member of the authority (other than a member who is the subject of an investigation by a monitoring officer in accordance with regulations made under section 73(1) of the Local Government Act 2000(1)) must comply with any requirement made by the monitoring officer of that authority in connection with such an investigation.

(1)

The Local Government Investigations (Functions of Monitoring Officers and Standards Committees (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I.2001/ 2281 (W171)).