53 Standards committees
Local Government Act 2000 (2000 c 22) | Legislation

Standards committees

53  Standards committees

(1)     Subject to subsection (2), every relevant authority must establish a committee (referred to in this Part as a standards committee) [or, with one or more other relevant authorities, a joint committee] which is to have the functions conferred on it by or under this Part.

[(1ZA)     Subsections (1ZB) and (1ZC) apply for the purposes of subsection (1).

(1ZB)     Where a relevant authority is a corporate joint committee—

(a)     the reference to establishing a committee is to be read as a reference to establishing a sub-committee;

(b)     the reference to establishing a joint committee with one or more other relevant authorities is to be read, where all of the other relevant authorities are corporate joint committees, as a reference to establishing a joint sub-committee.

(1ZC)     The reference to establishing a joint committee is to be read, where one or more of the relevant authorities are corporate joint committees and one or more of the relevant authorities are not corporate joint committees, as a reference to establishing a joint committee which is—

(a)     a sub-committee in

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