The Local Government Investigations (Functions of Monitoring Officers and Standards Committees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 No. 802 (W. 178)

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

12.  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”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 12 in force at 5.8.2022, see reg. 1