Part IIIConduct of local government members and employees
Chapter IIInvestigations etc: England
Reports etc.
64Reports etc
1
Where an ethical standards officer determines in relation to any case that a finding under section 59(4)(a) or (b) is appropriate—
a
he may produce a report on the outcome of his investigation,
b
he may provide a summary of any such report to any newspapers circulating in the area of the relevant authority concerned,
c
he must send to the monitoring officer of the relevant authority concerned a copy of any such report, and
d
where he does not produce any such report, he must inform the monitoring officer of the relevant authority concerned of the outcome of the investigation.
2
Where an ethical standards officer determines in relation to any case that a finding under section 59(4)(c) is appropriate he must—
a
produce a report on the outcome of his investigation,
b
subject to subsection (4)(b), refer the matters which are the subject of the investigation to the monitoring officer of the relevant authority concerned, and
c
send a copy of the report to the monitoring officer, and the standards committee, of the relevant authority concerned.
3
Where an ethical standards officer determines in relation to any case that a finding under section 59(4)(d) is appropriate he must—
a
produce a report on the outcome of his investigation,
b
refer the matters which are the subject of the investigation to the president of the Adjudication Panel for England for adjudication by a tribunal falling within section 76(1), and
c
send a copy of the report to the monitoring officer of the relevant authority concerned and to the president of the Adjudication Panel for England.
4
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—
a
the references in subsections (1)(b), (c) and (d), (2)(c) and (3)(c) to the relevant authority concerned are to be treated as including references to that other relevant authority, and
b
an ethical standards officer who reaches a finding under section 59(4)(c) must refer the matters concerned either to the monitoring officer of the relevant authority concerned or to the monitoring officer of that other relevant authority.
5
A report under this section may cover more than one investigation under section 59 in relation to any members or co-opted members (or former members or co-opted members) of the same relevant authority.
6
An ethical standards officer must—
a
inform any person who is the subject of an investigation under section 59, and
b
take reasonable steps to inform any person who made any allegation which gave rise to the investigation,
of the outcome of the investigation.