Article 6 Transitional Provisions and SavingsI1

England and Wales

The orders referred to in article 5 continue to have effect for the purposes of and for purposes connected with —

(a)

the investigation of any written allegation under Part 3 of the Act, where that allegation relates to conduct that occurred before the date when, pursuant to section 51 of the Act^f1—

(i)

the relevant authority adopts a code of conduct incorporating the mandatory provisions of the model code of conduct in the Schedule to this Order in place of its existing code of conduct;

(ii)

the relevant authority revises its existing code of conduct to incorporate the mandatory provisions of the model code of conduct in the Schedule to this Order; or

(iii)

the mandatory provisions of the model code of conduct in the Schedule to this Order apply to members or co-opted members of the relevant authority under section 51(5)(b) of that Act;

(b)

the adjudication (or determination) of a matter raised in such an allegation; and

(c)

an appeal against the decision of a standards committee, an interim case tribunal or case tribunal in relation to such an allegation.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 6 in force at 18.4.2008, see art. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: Section 51 of the Local Government Act 2000 is amended by section 35 and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 4 to the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 and by section 183 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.