Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and application

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Relevant Authorities (Standards Committee) (Dispensations) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 18th March 2002.

(2)

These Regulations apply in relation to standards committees of relevant authorities in England^f1, and police authorities in Wales^f2, and references to “authority” shall be construed accordingly.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: See section 49(6) of the Local Government Act 2000 (“the Act”) for the definition of “relevant authority.”
f2: See section 81(8) of the Act for the power of the National Assembly for Wales to prescribe in regulations the circumstances in which standards committees of relevant authorities in Wales (other than police authorities) may grant dispensations.