# The Standards Committees (Wales) Regulations 2001, Regulation 16: Appointment of independent members to standards committees


(1) The panel established under regulation 15 above shall —
(a) consider every application that the relevant authority receives in relation to a vacancy for an independent member of that authority’s standards committee;
(b) apply the criteria established by the relevant authority concerned under regulation 14 above when it considers applications for a post as an independent member of that authority’s standards committee; and
(c) make recommendations in relation to any such applications to the relevant authority.
(2) Appointments of independent members of a relevant authority’s standards committee shall be made by the relevant authority which shall have regard to the recommendations of the panel.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/2283/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/standards-committees-wales-regulations-2001/regulation-16
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