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Regulation 5 Transitional provision for independent members

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Where an authority has before the date on which these Regulations come into force established a committee, which has among its functions that of promoting and maintaining high standards of conduct by the members and co-opted members of the authority, and which includes any person who is not a member or officer of that or any other relevant authority—

(a)

that committee may be treated by the authority as if it were a standards committee for the purposes of the Act;

(b)

subject to sub-paragraph (c) these Regulations shall apply to that committee; and

(c)

regulation 4 shall not apply to that committee until the end of the period of two years beginning with the date on which these Regulations come into force.