{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/relevant-authorities-standards-committee-dispensations-regulations-2002/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/relevant-authorities-standards-committee-dispensations-regulations-2002/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/339",
  "legislation_title": "The Relevant Authorities (Standards Committee) (Dispensations) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/relevant-authorities-standards-committee-dispensations-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Local Government Act 2000;\n“dispensation” shall be construed in accordance with section 81(4) of the Act;\n“mandatory provisions” means the mandatory provisions of a model code of conduct which for the time being applies to the authority; and\n“member” means a member or co-opted member of an authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 81(4) of the Act provides that any participation by a member in any business which is prohibited by the mandatory provisions of the model code of conduct applicable to an authority is not a failure to comply with the authority’s code of conduct if that member has acted in accordance with a dispensation granted by the authority’s standards committee."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the model codes of conduct in the Local Authorities (Model Code of Conduct) (England) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3575), the Parish Councils (Model Code of Conduct) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3576), the National Park and Broads Authorities (Model Code of Conduct) (England) Order (S.I. 2001/3577) and the Police Authorities (Model Code of Conduct) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3578). Under section 51(4)(a) of the Act, a code of conduct adopted by an authority must incorporate the mandatory provisions of a model code of conduct which for the time being applies to the authority."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 49(7) of the Act for the definition of “co-opted member”. Under section 83(3) and (4) of the Act, references to a member of a relevant authority include references to an elected mayor, an elected executive member, the Mayor of London and a member of the London Assembly."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/339/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:14:57.227395+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."
}