{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standards-committee-england-regulations-2008/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standards-committee-england-regulations-2008/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1085",
  "legislation_title": "The Standards Committee (England) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standards-committee-england-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Validity of proceedings",
  "text": "(1) A meeting of a standards committee, or sub-committee of a standards committee, shall not be quorate unless at least three members of that committee or sub-committee are present for its duration.\n(2) Where a meeting of a sub-committee of a standards committee is convened to consider a request under section 57B(2) of the Act, no decision on that request may be taken by the sub-committee if any member of that sub-committee is present who took part in the decision under section 57A(2) of the Act to which that request relates.\n(3) Where a meeting of a standards committee, or sub-committee of a standards committee of an authority is convened to discharge any function specified—\n(a) in sections 57A or 57B of the Act; or\n(b) in regulation 17 to 20 of these Regulations,\nno decision may be taken unless at least one member of that authority is present when such matters are being considered.\n(4) Where a meeting of a standards committee, or sub-committee of a standards committee, is convened to discharge any function specified—\n(a) in sections 57A or 57B of the Act; or\n(b) in regulation 17 to 20 of these Regulations,\nrelating to a member or former member of a parish council, no decision may be taken unless at least one member of a parish council for which the authority is the responsible authority, who is not also a member of that responsible authority, is present when such matters are being considered.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/1255",
      "affecting_title": "The Standards Committee (Further Provisions) (England) Regulations 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/1255",
      "affecting_title": "The Standards Committee (Further Provisions) (England) Regulations 2009"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1085/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:31:50.287288+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."
}