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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standards-committee-further-provisions-england-regulations-2009/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1255",
  "legislation_title": "The Standards Committee (Further Provisions) (England) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standards-committee-further-provisions-england-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prescription of circumstances in which power to suspend certain functions of standards committee may be exercised",
  "text": "(1) The circumstances which are prescribed, under the power conferred on the Secretary of State by section 57D(1) and (8) of the Act, for the purpose of the exercise by the Standards Board of the power conferred on it by section 57D(1) to give a direction in accordance with that subsection, are those listed in paragraph (2) of this regulation.\n(2) The circumstances mentioned in paragraph (1), in which the Standards Board may exercise the power mentioned in that paragraph, are any one or more of the following—\n(a) The standards committee of the specified authority has failed to have regard to guidance issued by the Standards Board with respect to the exercise of functions under Part 3 of the Act or regulations made under that Part.\n(b) The standards committee of the specified authority has failed to comply with a direction issued by the Standards Board with respect to the exercise of functions under Part 3 of the Act or regulations made under that Part.\n(c) The standards committee of the specified authority has failed to carry out within a reasonable time period or in a reasonable manner, one or more functions under Part 3 of the Act or regulations made under that Part.\n(d) The monitoring officer of the specified authority has failed to carry out within a reasonable time period or in a reasonable manner, one or more functions under Part 3 of the Act or regulations made under that Part.\n(e) The specified authority has invited the Standards Board to exercise the power under section 57D(1) of the Act.\n(f) The standards committee of the specified authority has invited the Standards Board to exercise the power under section 57D(1) of the Act.\n(3) Where any authorities have established a joint standards committee, the Standards Board may exercise the power under section 57D(1) of the Act to give a direction in respect of that joint standards committee, and this Part shall apply in respect of such joint standards committees with all necessary modifications.\n(4) Before exercising the power to give a direction, the Standards Board must comply with any applicable requirements of regulation 5.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1255/regulation/3",
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  },
  "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."
}