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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)
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 60 cross-heading inserted (1.4.2008 for specified purposes) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 191(2), 245(5) (with s. 201); S.I. 2008/172, art. 7(2)
(1)The procedure for conducting an investigation under section 59 is to be such as the ethical standards officer considers appropriate in the circumstances of the case.
(2)Without prejudice to subsection (1), the ethical standards officer must give any person who is the subject of an investigation under section 59 an opportunity to comment on any allegation that he has failed, or may have failed, to comply with the relevant authority concerned’s code of conduct.
(3)An ethical standards officer may, if he thinks fit, pay to persons who attend or furnish information for the purposes of an investigation under section 59—
(a)such sums in respect of the expenses properly incurred by them, and
(b)such allowances by way of compensation for the loss of their time,
as may be determined by the Secretary of State.
(4)The carrying out of an investigation under section 59 is not to affect—
(a)any action taken by the relevant authority concerned, or
(b)any power or duty of the relevant authority concerned to take further action with respect to any matters which are the subject of the investigation.
(5)Where a person is no longer a member or co-opted member of the relevant authority concerned but is a member or co-opted member of another relevant authority in England, any reference in subsection (4) to the relevant authority concerned is to be treated as including a reference to that other relevant authority.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C7S. 61 modified (W.) (28.7.2001) by S.I. 2001/2286, art. 2, Sch. 1
C8S. 61 applied (with modifications) (W.) (1.4.2006) by The Public Services Ombudsman for Wales (Standards Investigations) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/949), arts. 1(1), 2, Sch. 1
Commencement Information
I1S. 61 wholly in force at 28.7.2001; s. 61 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 108; s. 61 in force at 19.12.2000 in relation to England and to police authorities in Wales by S.I. 2000/3335, art. 2; s. 61 in force at 28.7.2001 in so far as not already in force see s. 108(4)-(6)