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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-model-code-of-conduct-england-order-2001/schedule-1/paragraph-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3575",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Model Code of Conduct) (England) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-model-code-of-conduct-england-order-2001",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, a member with a prejudicial interest in any matter must—\n(a) withdraw from the room or chamber where a meeting is being held whenever it becomes apparent that the matter is being considered at that meeting, unless he has obtained a dispensation from the authority’s standard’s committee;\n(b) not exercise executive functions in relation to that matter; and\n(c) not seek improperly to influence a decision about that matter.\n(2) A member with a prejudicial interest may, unless that interest is of a financial nature, and unless it is an interest of the type described in paragraph 11 above, participate in a meeting of the authority's—\n(a) overview and scrutiny committees; and\n(b) joint or area committees,\nto the extent that such committees are not exercising functions of the authority or its executive.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Under section 81(5) of the Local Government Act 2000, the Secretary of State may prescribe in regulations the circumstances in which standards committees may grant dispensations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3575/schedule/1/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:26:09.063708+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}