Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Local Government Act 2000;

• “Adjudication Panel” means, in respect of a relevant authority in England, the Adjudication Panel for England established under section 75(1) of the Act and, in respect of a police authority in Wales, the Adjudication Panel for Wales established under section 75(2) of the Act;

• “any other authority concerned” means any authority of which a person was a member at the time the matters complained of occurred;

• “appeals tribunal” means a tribunal constituted in accordance with Part 3 of these Regulations;

• “authority” means a relevant authority in England and a police authority in Wales;

• “an authority’s code of conduct” means a code of conduct adopted by an authority under section 51 of the Act and includes any mandatory provisions of the model code of conduct which apply to the members and co-opted members of an authority pursuant to subsection (5)(b) of that section;

• “authorities concerned” means the authority of which a person is a member and, where at the time any matter complained of took place that person was a member of another authority, that authority;

• “the authority concerned” means the authority of which a person is a member;

• “ethical standards officer” means, subject to paragraph (2), an ethical standards officer appointed under section 57(5)(a) of the Act;

• “ethical standards officer concerned” means the ethical standards officer who referred any matter under consideration to a monitoring officer or a standards committee;

• “member”, except where the context otherwise requires, means a member or co-opted member of an authority^f1;

• “monitoring officer” means the monitoring officer designated in respect of an authority in accordance with the provisions of section 5 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989^f2;

• “the parish councils concerned” means the parish council of which a person is a member and, where at the time any matter complained of took place that person was a member of another parish council, that council;

• “the Standards Board” means the Standards Board for England established under section 57 of the Act^f3;

• “standards committee” means the standards committee, or sub-committee of a standards committee, which exercises functions in relation to an authority under sections 54 and 55 of the Act^f4;

Any reference in these Regulations to an ethical standards officer shall, as regards Police Authorities in Wales, be construed as a reference to a Local Commissioner in Wales.