C1C2C3C4C5C6C7C8C9Part III Conduct of local government members and employees

Annotations:

C4Chapter III Investigations etc: Wales

Reports etc.

71 Reports etc.

1

Where F1 the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales determines in relation to any case that a finding under section 69(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 F1 the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales determines in relation to any case that a finding under section 69(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 F1 the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales determines in relation to any case that a finding under section 69(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 Wales 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 Wales.

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 Wales—

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

F2if the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales reaches a finding under section 69(4)(c) he 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 69 in relation to any members or co-opted members (or former members or co-opted members) of the same relevant authority.

6

F3The Public Services Ombudsman for Wales must—

a

inform any person who is the subject of an investigation under section 69, 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.