SCHEDULE 1Standards of conduct
Application of relevant authority’s code of conduct to members and F1sub-committee members
1.
(1)
Sub-paragraph (2) applies to a person who—
(b)
is—
(i)
a member, or
(ii)
a co-opted member,
of a relevant authority.
(2)
For the purposes of the code of conduct of the relevant authority, a person to whom this paragraph applies is to be treated as though they had been appointed by the relevant authority to serve on the corporate joint committee.
(3)
Where, by virtue of sub-paragraph (2), a person to whom that sub-paragraph applies is required, in so far as they are acting for the corporate joint committee, to comply with the model code of conduct (“the code”), sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) apply.
(4)
References to a person’s “authority” in Part 3 of the code are to be read as references to the corporate joint committee for which the person is acting.
(5)
A person must register any personal interests they have in the business of the corporate joint committee in their relevant authority’s register of member’s interests by providing written notification to the authority’s monitoring officer.
Application of authority code of conduct to employees
2.
(1)
Sub-paragraph (2) applies unless—
(a)
express provision is made to the contrary, or
(b)
the context requires otherwise.
(2)
(3)
In the 2001 Order, as it applies by virtue of sub-paragraph (2), a reference to an employee’s authority is to be read as reference to an employee’s corporate joint committee.
Interpretation of Schedule 1
3.
In this Schedule—
(a)
(b)
(c)
“code of conduct” means the code of conduct adopted by a relevant authority under section 51 of the 2000 Act;
(d)
“co-opted member” has the meaning given by section 49 of the 2000 Act;
(e)
“relevant authority” has the meaning given by section 49 of the 2000 Act.