Terms of reference - Review Sub-Committee

Upon the request of a person who has made an allegation that a member of the authority has failed, or may have failed, to comply with the authority’s Code of Conduct, to review a decision of the Assessment Sub-Committee that no action be taken in respect of that allegation.

Upon receipt of each such request and any accompanying report by the monitoring officer, the sub-committee shall review the decision of the Assessment Sub-Committee and shall then do one of the following:

a)     refer the allegation to the monitoring officer, with an instruction that he/she arrange a formal investigation of the allegation, or specifying that he/she take an alternative action as permitted by Regulations;

b)     refer the allegation to the Standards Board for England;

c)     decide that no action should be taken in respect of the allegation; or

d)     where the allegation is in respect of a person who is no longer a member of the authority, but is a member of another relevant authority, refer the allegation to the monitoring officer of that other relevant authority;

and shall instruct the monitoring officer to take reasonable steps to notify the person making the allegation and the member concerned of that decision.

Where the sub-committee resolves to do any of the actions set out in Paragraph b) above, the sub-committee shall state its reasons for that decision.

Composition of the Review Sub-Committee

The Review Sub-Committee shall comprise three members, of whom one shall be an independent co-opted member of the standards committee, who shall chair the sub-committee. One parish council representative and one council representative. 

Quorum

The quorum for a meeting of the sub-committee shall be three members.

Last updated 19/02/2010 15:42:35

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