PART 1 E+WLocal Government

CHAPTER 7E+WStandards

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3Pt. 1 Ch. 7 applied (with modifications) (25.5.2018) by The East Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/640), arts. 1, 8(8)

C4Pt. 1 Ch. 7 applied (with modifications) (25.5.2018) by The West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/639), arts. 1, 8(8)

C6Pt. 1 Ch. 7 applied with modifications (26.5.2018) by The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/648), arts. 1, 12(9), 27(9)

C7Pt. 1 Ch. 7 applied (with modifications) (23.5.2019) by The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/957), arts. 1, 6(18)

30Disclosure of pecuniary interests on taking officeE+W

(1)A member or co-opted member of a relevant authority must, before the end of 28 days beginning with the day on which the person becomes a member or co-opted member of the authority, notify the authority's monitoring officer of any disclosable pecuniary interests which the person has at the time when the notification is given.

(2)Where a person becomes a member or co-opted member of a relevant authority as a result of re-election or re-appointment, subsection (1) applies only as regards disclosable pecuniary interests not entered in the authority's register when the notification is given.

(3)For the purposes of this Chapter, a pecuniary interest is a “disclosable pecuniary interest” in relation to a person (“M”) if it is of a description specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State and either—

(a)it is an interest of M's, or

(b)it is an interest of—

(i)M's spouse or civil partner, [F1or]

F2(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iii)a person with whom M is living as if they were [F3a married couple or] civil partners,

and M is aware that that other person has the interest.

(4)Where a member or co-opted member of a relevant authority gives a notification for the purposes of subsection (1), the authority's monitoring officer is to cause the interests notified to be entered in the authority's register (whether or not they are disclosable pecuniary interests).

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C10S. 30(3) applied by 1959 c. xlvi s. 11(3)(a) (as substituted (15.1.2014) by Humber Bridge Act 2013 (c. vi), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 1)

Commencement Information

I1S. 30 in force at 31.1.2012 for specified purposes by S.I. 2012/57, art. 5(1)(b) (with arts. 6, 8)

I2S. 30 in force at 1.7.2012 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2012/1463, art. 5(c) (with arts. 6, 7) (as amended (3.7.2012) by S.I. 2012/1714, art. 2)