Applicable provisions of Part VA of the Local Government Act 1972
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).