Standing orders in respect of disciplinary actionE+W

8.— [F1(1)]  No later than the first ordinary meeting of the relevant authority falling after the day on which these Regulations come into force, a relevant authority must, in respect of disciplinary action against the [F2authority’s chief executive], its monitoring officer [F3, its chief finance officer, its head of democratic services or any officer referred to in paragraph (2)]–

(a)incorporate in standing orders the provisions set out in Schedule 4 or provisions to the like effect; and

(b)modify any of its existing standing orders in so far as is necessary to conform with those provisions.

[F4(2)   An officer in relation to whom disciplinary action is proposed where—

(a)the officer was, but at the time of the proposed disciplinary action no longer is, an officer referred to in paragraph (1); and

(b)the alleged misconduct or, as the case may be, the reason for the proposal for dismissal, occurred during the period when the officer was an officer referred to in paragraph (1).]

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