1

Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), Part 5A of the 1972 Act4 shall apply in relation to meetings of a standards committee, or sub-committee of a standards committee, of an authority as it applies to meetings of a principal council in England.

4

Where a meeting of a standards committee, or a sub-committee of a standards committee, is convened to consider a matter referred under the provisions of section 60(2) or (3), 64(2), 70(4) or (5) or 71(2) of the Act, the provisions of Parts 1 to 3 of Schedule 12A to the 1972 Act5 shall apply as if, after paragraph 7 of that Schedule, the following descriptions of exempt information were inserted—

7A

Information which is subject to any obligation of confidentiality.

7B

Information which relates in any way to matters concerning national security.

7C

The deliberations of a standards committee or of a sub-committee of a standards committee established under the provisions of Part 3 of the Local Government Act 2000 in reaching any finding on a matter referred under the provisions of section 60(2) or (3), 64(2), 70(4) or (5) or 71(2) of that Act.