# The Relevant Authorities (Standards Committee) Regulations 2001, Regulation 5: Transitional provision for independent members


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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2812/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/relevant-authorities-standards-committee-regulations-2001/regulation-5
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