The Local Government Investigations (Functions of Monitoring Officers and Standards Committees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Amendments to the Local Government Investigations (Functions of Monitoring Officers and Standards Committees) (Wales) Regulations 2001

11.  In regulation 12—

(a) the existing provision becomes paragraph (1);

(b) in paragraph (1), omit the words from “, and must inform” to “decision”;

(c) after paragraph (1), insert—

“(2) After making a decision in accordance with paragraph (1), the appeals tribunal must give notice of that decision and reasons for the decision to:

(a) any person who is the subject of the investigation,

(b) the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales,

(c) the Standards Committee of the relevant authority, and

(d) where any person subject to the investigation is a member of a corporate joint committee, and is also a member or co-opted member of—

(i) a constituent council of the corporate joint committee;

(ii) a National Park authority which is required by regulations under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 to appoint a member of the corporate joint committee,

the monitoring officer of that constituent council or National Park authority.”