Amendments proposed to the Local Government Bill [Lords] - continued House of Commons

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Hilary Armstrong

407

Clause     55,     page     36,     line     25,     at end insert—

    '( ) Where a person is no longer a member or co-opted member of the relevant authority concerned but is a member or co-opted member of another relevant authority in England, the reference in subsection (4)(c) to the monitoring officer of the relevant authority concerned is to be treated as a reference either to the monitoring officer of the relevant authority concerned or to the monitoring officer of that other relevant authority (and accordingly an ethical standards officer who reaches a finding under subsection (4)(c) must decide to which of those monitoring officers to refer the matters concerned).'.

   

Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr David Curry
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr Peter Atkinson

583

*Clause     55,     page     36,     line     25,     at end add—

    '(5) The provisions of this section shall be subject to a full review after three years has elapsed since they were first brought into force.'.


   

Hilary Armstrong

408

Clause     56,     page     36,     line     27,     leave out subsection (1).

   

Hilary Armstrong

409

Clause     56,     page     36,     line     36,     at end insert—

    '( ) Where a person is no longer a member or co-opted member of the relevant authority concerned but is a member or co-opted member of another relevant authority in England, an ethical standards officer may, if he thinks it more appropriate than making such a reference as is mentioned in subsection (3)(b), refer the matters which are the subject of the investigation to the monitoring officer of that other relevant authority.'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

410

Clause     56,     page     36,     line     38,     at end insert '(or former member or co-opted member)'.

   

Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson
Mr Tim Loughton

46

Clause     56,     page     36,     line     38,     at end insert ', or to a former member or co-opted member'.

   

Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson
Mr Tim Loughton

47

Clause     56,     page     36,     line     39,     leave out ', within the period of five years ending with that time.'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

411

Clause     56,     page     36,     line     41,     leave out 'or sub-committee' and insert 'sub-committee, joint committee or joint sub-committee'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

412

Clause     56,     page     37,     line     5,     at end insert 'or any breach falling within paragraph 3(2A) of that Schedule'.


   

Hilary Armstrong

413

Clause     57,     page     37,     line     12,     leave out 'authority's' and insert 'relevant authority concerned's'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

414

Clause     57,     page     37,     line     21,     leave out 'that authority' and insert 'the relevant authority concerned'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

415

Clause     57,     page     37,     line     22,     at end insert—

    '( ) Where a person is no longer a member or co-opted member of the relevant authority concerned but is a member or co-opted member of another relevant authority in England, any reference in subsection (4) to the relevant authority concerned is to be treated as including a reference to that other relevant authority.'.


   

Hilary Armstrong

416

Clause     58,     page     37,     line     27,     after second 'member' insert '(or former member or co-opted member)'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

417

Clause     58,     page     37,     line     42,     after second 'member' insert '(or former member or co-opted member'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

418

Clause     58,     page     38,     line     2,     leave out 'written'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

419

Clause     58,     page     38,     line     31,     leave out 'this section' and insert 'subsection (2) or (4)'.


   

Hilary Armstrong

420

Clause     59,     page     38,     line     35,     at end insert '57 or'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

421

Clause     59,     page     38,     line     39,     after 'officer' insert 'the Commission for Local Administration in Wales'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

422

Clause     59,     page     38,     line     40,     leave out 'a tribunal drawn from' and insert 'the president, deputy president or any tribunal of'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

423

Clause     59,     page     39,     line     15,     after 'information' insert 'or a document'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

424

Clause     59,     page     39,     line     15,     at end insert 'or (3)'.


   

Hilary Armstrong

425

Clause     60,     page     39,     line     26,     at end insert 'of the relevant authority concerned'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

426

Clause     60,     page     39,     line     30,     leave out 'that relevant authority' and insert 'the relevant authority concerned'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

427

Clause     60,     page     39,     line     38,     leave out 'that relevant authority' and insert 'the relevant authority concerned'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

428

Clause     60,     page     40,     line     3,     at end insert—

    '( ) Where a person is no longer a member or co-opted member of the relevant authority concerned but is a member or co-opted member of another relevant authority in England—

      (a) the references in subsections (1)(b), (c) and (d), (2)(c) and (3)(c) to the relevant authority concerned are to be treated as including references to that other relevant authority, and

      (b) an ethical standards officer who reaches a finding under section 55(4)(c) must refer the matters concerned either to the monitoring officer of the relevant authority concerned or to the monitoring officer of that other relevant authority.'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

429

Clause     60,     page     40,     line     5,     after second 'members' insert '(or former members of co-opted members)'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

430

Clause     60,     page     40,     line     8,     leave out 'member or co-opted member of the relevant authority concerned' and insert 'person'.

   

Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr David Curry
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr Peter Atkinson

573

*Clause     60,     page     40,     line     9,     after '55', insert 'of the outcome of the investigation, and provide any such member with a copy of any report under this section before it is made available to any other person'.


   

Hilary Armstrong

431

Clause     61,     page     40,     line     14,     leave out subsection (1) and insert—

    '( ) Where he considers it necessary in the public interest, an ethical standards officer may, before the completion of an investigation under section 55, produce an interim report on that investigation.'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

432

Clause     61,     page     40,     line     19,     after 'members' insert '(or former members or co-opted members)'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

433

Clause     61,     page     40,     line     23,     leave out 'a relevant authority' and insert 'the relevant authority concerned'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

434

Clause     61,     page     40,     line     25,     leave out 'or (5)(b)'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

435

Clause     61,     page     40,     line     26,     after 'suspend' insert 'or partially suspend'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

436

Clause     61,     page     40,     line     28,     leave out from second 'suspended' to 'not' in line 31 and insert 'from being a member or co-opted member of the relevant authority concerned for a period which does'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

437

Clause     61,     page     40,     line     39,     leave out 'member or co-opted member of the relevant authority concerned' and insert 'person'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

438

Clause     61,     page     40,     line     43,     leave out subsection (7) and insert—

    '(7) Where a person is no longer a member or co-opted member of the relevant authority concerned but is a member or co-opted member of another relevant authority in England—

      (a) the second reference in subsection (3) to the relevant authority concerned is to be treated as a reference to that other relevant authority, and

      (b) the reference in subsection (6)(b) to the relevant authority concerned is to be treated as including a reference to that other relevant authority.

    (8) In this Part "partially suspended" and cognate expressions are to be construed in accordance with section 77(6) and (7).'.


   

Hilary Armstrong

439

Clause     62,     page     41,     leave out line 6 and insert '60(2)'.

 
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