(1) Pursuant to the provisions of the Standards Committee (England) Regulations 2008, the Joint Authority shall, at each Annual Meeting, appoint a Standards Committee comprising six members of the Joint Authority and three independent members. One of the independent members shall act as Chair at all meetings of the Committee.
(2) The general functions of the Committee shall be:
(i) promoting and maintaining high standards of conduct by the members and any co-opted members of the Joint Authority, and
(ii) assisting members and co-opted members of the Joint Authority to observe the Joint Authority's code of conduct.
(3) The Committee shall also have the following specific functions:
(i) advising the Joint Authority on the adoption or revision of a code of conduct
(ii) monitoring the operation of the Joint Authority's code of conduct
(iii) advising, training or arranging to train members and co-opted members of the Joint Authority on matters relating to the Joint Authority's code of conduct
(iv) such other functions as shall be determined by the Joint Authority at its Annual Meeting.
(4) In relation to complaints about member conduct, the Committee shall have the following functions:
(i) receive and assess complaints
(ii) review local assessment decisions if requested to do so by a complainant
(iii) conduct final hearings following investigation.
(5) The Committee shall meet at least once in each year.
(6) The quorum for such meetings shall be one independent member plus three members of the Joint Authority.
(7) Any member of the Standards Committee, other than the independent members, may appoint any other member of the Authority to attend and act on their behalf at a meeting of the Standards Committee which they are unable to attend and shall have notified the Clerk accordingly before the relevant meeting.
(8) The minutes shall be reported, for noting of the Committee's decisions, to the next meeting of the Authority.
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