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STANDARDS COMMITTEE

Terms of Reference

(2 Independent members and 4 members of the Police Authority)

  1. To promote and maintain high standards of conduct by members of the Authority.
  2. To advise the Authority on the adoption or revision of its code of conduct and to monitor the operation of this code.
  3. To assist members in observing the code of conduct, including arrangements for training on matters relating to the code of conduct.
  4. To establish sub-committees, under Regulation 6 of the Standards Committee (England) Regulations 2008/1085 for the discharge of functions under Section 57A and 57B of the 2000 Act and Regulation 18-20 of the Regulations; and to determine, or make arrangements for determining the composition, membership and terms of reference of such sub-committees.
  5. To discharge as a full committee the functions contained in Regulations 18-20 of the Regulations where the full committee decides that such functions should not be discharged by a sub-committee established above.
  6. To discharge as a full committee, the functions contained in Regulation 17 of the Regulations; and, where considered appropriate by the full committee, to establish a sub-committee (to agree its composition, membership and terms of reference) to discharge such functions.
  7. To discharge or make arrangements for discharging any of the functions conferred from the committee under the regulations and associated, relevant provisions of Part 3 of the 2000 Act.
  8. To discharge the function, contained in Section 66B of the 2000 Act, of providing information and statistical periodic returns to the Standards Board for England.
  9. To monitor the Authority’s performance in meeting its obligations under the Freedom of Information Act.

Meets as necessary