# The Relevant Authorities (Standards Committee) Regulations 2001, Regulation 3: Size and composition of standards committees


(1) An authority must ensure that—
(a) where its standards committee has more than three members, at least 25% are independent members; and
(b) where it is operating executive arrangements under Part II of the Act, no more than one member of its standards committee is a member of the executive.
(2) Where an authority is a responsible authority, it must ensure that—
(a) if its standards committee has appointed a sub-committee under section 55(3) of the Act, that standards committee includes at least one member of any of the parish councils for which the authority is the responsible authority; and
(b) a member of its standards committee, or sub-committee of the standards committee, appointed under sub-paragraph (a), or under section 55(6)(a) or 55(7)(b) of the Act, is not also a member of that responsible authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2812/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/relevant-authorities-standards-committee-regulations-2001/regulation-3
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