Article J9 Designation and reports of monitoring officer

to designate one of its officers (to be known as “the monitoring officer”) as the officer responsible for performing the duties imposed by this article, and

to provide that officer with such staff, accommodation and other resources as are, in his opinion, sufficient to allow those duties to be performed,

a contravention by the Authority, by any committee of the Authority or by any person holding any office or employment under the Authority of any enactment or rule of law or of any code of practice made or approved by or under any enactment; or

any such maladministration or injustice as is mentioned in Part III of the Local Government Act 1974^f1, as applied by Part L below,

in preparing a report under this article to consult so far as practicable with the person who is for the time being designated the head of the Authority’s paid service under article 58 above and with its chief finance officer; and

as soon as practicable after such a report has been prepared by him or his deputy, to arrange for a copy of it to be sent to each member of the Authority.

to consider any report under this article by a monitoring officer or his deputy at a meeting held not more than twenty-one days after copies of the report are first sent to members of the Authority; and

without prejudice to any duty imposed by virtue of article F4 above (Authority’s duties as regards reports) or otherwise, to ensure that no step is taken for giving effect to any proposal or decision to which such a report relates at any time while the implementation of the proposal or decision is suspended in consequence of the report; and nothing in article D1 shall apply to the duty imposed by virtue of sub-paragraph (a) above.