26.—(1) Subject to the modifications set out in paragraphs (2) to (9) below, the following provisions of the 1972 Act, that is to say —
(a)section 100A,
(b)section 100B,
(c)section 100C,
(d)section 100D,
(e)section 100F,
(f)section 100H,
(g)section 100I,
(h)section 100K, and
(i)Schedule 12A
shall apply as if for the purposes of those provisions a standards committee were a principal council.
(2) In sub-section (3)(a) of section 100A and sub-section (1) of section 100B, for “council” substitute “relevant authority”.
(3) In sub-section (4)(b) of section 100B, for “chairman” substitute “chairperson”.
(4) In —
(a)sub-section (6)(a) of section 100A,
(b)sub-section (1) of section 100C, and
(c)sub-section (1)(b) of section 100D,
for “offices of the council”, substitute “offices of the relevant authority”.
(5) In —
(a)sub-section (1) of section 100F, and
(b)sub-section (6) of section 100H,
omit “committee or”.
(6) In sub-section (3) of section 100H, for “principal council” substitute “relevant authority”.
(7) In sub-section (1) of section 100K, omit —
“(a)“committee or sub-committee of a principal council” shall be construed in accordance with section 100E(3) above;”,
“(b)“constituent principal council” shall be construed in accordance with section 100E(4) above;”, and
“(c)“principal council” shall be construed in accordance with section 100J above”.
(8) Omit sub-section (2) of section 100K.
(9) Paragraph (2) of Part III of Schedule 12A is modified as follows —
(a)for “principal council” substitute “relevant authority”,
(b)for “committee or sub-committee” substitute “standards committee or sub-committee of that committee”,
(c)omit “and includes a reference”, and
(d)omit sub-paragraphs (a),(b) and (c).