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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. III applied (22.7.2004) by The Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1778), arts. 1, 14(1)
C2Pt. III applied (22.7.2004) by The Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1777), arts. 1, 14(1)
C3Pt. III applied (24.3.2005) by New Forest National Park Authority (Establishment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/421), art. 1, Sch. 4 para. 9(3)
C4Pt. III savings for effects of 2005 c. 10, s. 38 (1.4.2006) by The Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/362), arts. 1(1), 4
C5Pt. III applied (with modifications) (5.3.2008) by The Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/634), arts. 1, 7(5)
C6Pt. III applied (with modifications) (28.3.2008) by The Bedfordshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/907), arts. 1, 16(8)
(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 F2...56.
(3)A sub-committee under subsection (1) shall be appointed from among the members of the standards committee by which it is appointed [F3, but this is subject to section 55(7)(b)].
(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 [F4section 55(5) and 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.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 54A inserted (18.11.2003) by Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26), ss. 113(1), 128(2)(d)
F2Words in s. 54A(2) repealed (31.1.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 188(1)(a), 245(5), Sch. 18 Pt. 15 (with s. 201); S.I. 2008/172, art. 2(1)(j)(u)(ii) (with art. 2(2))
F3Words in s. 54A(3) inserted (31.1.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 188(1)(b), 245(5) (with s. 201); S.I. 2008/172, art. 2(1)(j) (with art. 2(2))
F4Words in s. 54A(6) inserted (31.1.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 188(1)(c), 245(5) (with s. 201); S.I. 2008/172, art. 2(1)(j) (with art. 2(2))