SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 Standards Board for England

Members’ interests

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(1)

A member of the Standards Board who is directly or indirectly interested in any matter brought up for consideration at a meeting of the Board—

(a)

must disclose the nature of his interest to the meeting, and

(b)

must not take part in any deliberation or decision of the Board with respect to that matter.

(2)

A member is taken to be interested under sub-paragraph (1), in particular, where the matter being considered is a failure to comply with the code of conduct of a relevant authority and he is, or has been—

(a)

a member or officer of that authority, or

(b)

a member of a committee, sub-committee, joint committee or joint sub-committee of that authority.