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)
C7Pt. III functions made exercisable (E.) by joint standards committees (15.6.2009) by The Standards Committee (Further Provisions) (England) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1255), regs. 1(1), 14
C8Pt. III applied (24.3.2010) by The South Downs National Park Authority (Establishment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/497), art. 1, Sch. 4 para. 9(3)
C9Pt. III continued (with modifications) (14.12.2011) by The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/3019), art. 5
(1)[F2Where the First-tier Tribunal or a case tribunal has adjudicated on any matter under this Act, it] may make recommendations to a relevant authority about any matters relating to—
(a)the exercise of the authority’s functions,
(b)the authority’s code of conduct, or
(c)the authority’s standards committee.
(2)[F3The tribunal concerned] must send a copy of any recommendations it makes under subsection (1) to the relevant person.
(3)A relevant authority to whom recommendations are made under subsection (1) must consider the recommendations and, within a period of three months beginning with the day on which the recommendations are received, prepare a report for the [F4relevant person] [F4Public Services Ombudsman for Wales] giving details of what action the authority have taken or are proposing to take as a result of the recommendations.
(4)A relevant authority’s function of considering a report under subsection (3) may be discharged only by the authority or by the standards committee of that authority (and accordingly, in the case of a relevant authority to which section 101 of the M1Local Government Act 1972 applies, is not to be a function to which that section applies).
(5)If the [F5relevant person] [F5Public Services Ombudsman for Wales] is not satisfied with the action the relevant authority have taken or propose to take in relation to the recommendations, the [F5relevant person] [F5Public Services Ombudsman for Wales] may require the authority to publish a statement giving details of the recommendations made by the tribunal and of the authority’s reasons for not fully implementing the recommendations.
(6)[F6In this section “the relevant person” means—
(a)the Standards Board for England where the relevant authority concerned is in England,
(b)[F7the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales] where the relevant authority concerned is in Wales.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 80 heading inserted (18.1.2010) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/22), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 63(a) (with Sch. 5)
F2Words in s. 80(1) substituted (18.1.2010) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/22), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 63(b) (with Sch. 5)
F3Words in s. 80(2) inserted (18.1.2010) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/22), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 63(c) (with Sch. 5)
F4Words in s. 80(3) substituted (31.1.2012 for specified purposes, 1.7.2012 for specified purposes) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 4 para. 47(5); S.I. 2012/57, art. 5(1)(a)(c)(2)(n) (with arts. 6, 8); S.I. 2012/1463, art. 5(a) (with arts. 6, 7) (as amended (3.7.2012) by S.I. 2012/1714, art. 2)
F5Words in s. 80(5) substituted (31.1.2012 for specified purposes, 1.7.2012 for specified purposes) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 4 para. 47(6); S.I. 2012/57, art. 5(1)(a)(c)(2)(n) (with arts. 6, 8); S.I. 2012/1463, art. 5(a) (with arts. 6, 7) (as amended (3.7.2012) by S.I. 2012/1714, art. 2)
F6S. 80(6) repealed (31.1.2012 for specified purposes, 1.7.2012 for specified purposes) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 4 para. 47(7), Sch. 25 Pt. 5; S.I. 2012/57, art. 5(1)(a)(c)(2)(n) (with arts. 6, 8); S.I. 2012/1463, art. 5(a)(d) (with arts. 6, 7) (as amended (3.7.2012) by S.I. 2012/1714, art. 2)
F7Words in s. 80(6)(b) substituted (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), s. 40, Sch. 4 para. 21; S.I. 2005/2800, art. 5(1)(3) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2006/362, art. 4)
Commencement Information
I1S. 80 wholly in force at 28.7.2001; s. 80 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 108; s. 80 in force at 19.12.2000 in relation to England and to police authorities in Wales by S.I. 2000/3335, art. 2; s. 80 in force at 28.7.2001 in so far as not already in force see s. 108(4)-(6)
Marginal Citations