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(1)In Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the Local Government Act 2000 (conduct of local government members), after section 54 there is inserted—
(1)A standards committee of a relevant authority may appoint one or more sub-committees for the purpose of discharging any of the committee’s functions, whether or not to the exclusion of the committee.
(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to functions under section 55 or 56.
(3)A sub-committee under subsection (1) shall be appointed from among the members of the standards committee by which it is appointed.
(4)As regards sub-committees appointed under subsection (1) by a standards committee of a relevant authority in England or of a police authority in Wales—
(a)regulations under section 53(6)(a) and (c) to (g) may make provision in relation to such sub-committees, and
(b)sections 53(7), (8) and (10) and 54(4) and (6) apply in relation to such sub-committees as they apply in relation to standards committees.
(5)As regards sub-committees appointed under subsection (1) by a standards committee of a relevant authority in Wales other than a police authority—
(a)regulations under section 53(11) may make provision in relation to such sub-committees, and
(b)section 54(5) and (7) apply in relation to such sub-committees as they apply in relation to standards committees.
(6)Subject to any provision made by regulations under section 53(6)(a) or (11)(a) (as applied by this section)—
(a)the number of members of a sub-committee under subsection (1), and
(b)the term of office of those members,
are to be fixed by the standards committee by which the sub-committee is appointed.”
(2)In Chapter 5 of that Part (conduct in local government: supplementary), after section 82 there is inserted—
(1)This section applies to functions of a monitoring officer of a relevant authority in relation to matters referred to him under section 60(2), 64(2), 70(4) or 71(2).
(2)Where the monitoring officer considers that in a particular case he himself ought not to perform particular functions to which this section applies, those particular functions shall in that case be performed personally by a person nominated for the purpose by the monitoring officer.
(3)Where a deputy nominated by the monitoring officer under section 5(7) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (nomination of member of monitoring officer’s staff to act as deputy when monitoring officer absent or ill) considers that in a particular case he himself ought not to perform particular functions—
(a)to which this section applies, and
(b)which, by reason of the absence or illness of the monitoring officer, would but for this subsection fall to be performed by the deputy,
those particular functions shall, while the monitoring officer continues to be unable to act by reason of absence or illness, be performed in that case personally by a person nominated for the purpose by the deputy.
(4)Where functions to which this section applies are to be performed by a person nominated under subsection (2) or (3) who is an officer of the relevant authority, the authority shall provide the officer with such staff, accommodation and other resources as are, in the officer’s opinion, sufficient to allow those functions to be performed.
(5)Where functions to which this section applies are to be performed by a person nominated under subsection (2) or (3) who is not an officer of the relevant authority, the authority shall—
(a)pay the person a reasonable fee for performing the functions,
(b)reimburse expenses properly incurred by the person in performing the functions, but only to the extent that the amount of the expenses is reasonable, and
(c)provide the person with such staff, accommodation and other resources as are reasonably necessary for the person’s performance of the functions.”
(3)In section 5 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42) (designation etc. of monitoring officers), after subsection (7) there is inserted—
“(7A)Subsection (7) above shall have effect subject to section 82A of the Local Government Act 2000 (monitoring officers: delegation of functions under Part 3 of that Act).”
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