Impact assessment

Abolishing the Standards Board for England, clarifying the law on predetermination and requiring councillors to register and declare interests: impact assessment

This document assesses the impact of abolishing the Standards Board regime, to clarify the law on predetermination to ensure that councillors…

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
• Published: 31 January 2011

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

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Localism Bill: the abolition of the Standards Board regime, clarification of the law on predetermination and the requirement to register and declare interests - Impact assessment

Ref: ISBN 9781409827436

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This document assesses the impact of abolishing the Standards Board regime, to clarify the law on predetermination to ensure that councillors may speak or vote on matters on which they have previously spoken or campaigned, and to maintain high standards of conduct by introducing a new statutory requirement to register and declare certain personal interests on a publicly available register.

Published 31 January 2011