Amendments to the Local Government Investigations (Functions of Monitoring Officers and Standards Committees) (Wales) Regulations 2001I112
In regulation 13—
a
in paragraph (1)—
i
in sub-paragraph (b), for “Regulation 12(a)(i) or (b)” substitute “regulation 12(1)(a)(i) or (b)”
;
ii
in sub-paragraph (c), for “Regulation 12(a)(ii)” substitute “regulation 12(1)(a)(ii)”
;
iii
omit the words from “and send” to “gave rise to the investigation”;
b
after paragraph (1), insert—
1A
The Standards Committee must send a copy of the report to:
a
any person who is the subject of the investigation,
b
the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales,
c
the monitoring officer of the relevant authority concerned, and
d
where any person subject to the investigation is a member or co-opted 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.
1B
The Standards Committee must also take reasonable steps to send a copy of the report to any person who made any allegation which gave rise to the investigation.
c
in paragraph (2), in the words before sub-paragraph (a), after “authority” insert “concerned”
.