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8.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (5) below, the terms of any indemnity given (including any insurance secured), under this Order may be such as the relevant authority in question may agree.
(2) Paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) apply where any indemnity given to any member or officer (including any insurance secured for that member or officer) has effect in relation to the defence of—
(a)any criminal proceedings; or
(b)any Part III proceedings.
(3) Where this paragraph applies, the indemnity is to be provided, and any insurance secured, on the terms that, in the case of criminal proceedings, if the member or officer in question is convicted of a criminal offence and that conviction is not overturned following any appeal, that member or officer must reimburse the relevant authority or the insurer (as the case may be) for any sums expended by the relevant authority or insurer in relation to those proceedings pursuant to the indemnity or insurance.
(4) Where this paragraph applies, the indemnity is to be provided and any insurance secured, on the terms that in the case of Part III proceedings, where—
(a)a finding is made in those proceedings that the member in question has failed to comply with the Code of Conduct and that finding is not overturned following any appeal; or
(b)there is an admission by the member of that member’s failure to comply with the Code of Conduct; and
(c)disciplinary measures are taken against the member in question as a consequence of the failure to comply with the Code of Conduct,
that member must reimburse the relevant authority or the insurer (as the case may be) for any sums expended by the relevant authority or insurer in relation to those proceedings pursuant to the indemnity or insurance.
(5) Where this paragraph applies, the indemnity is to be provided, and any insurance secured, on the terms that in the case of Part III proceedings, where—
(a)a finding is made in those proceedings that the member in question has failed to comply with the Code of Conduct and that finding is not overturned following any appeal; or
(b)there is an admission by the member of that member’s failure to comply with the Code of Conduct; and
(c)the member in question is censured or no disciplinary measures are taken against that member as a consequence of the failure to comply with the Code of Conduct;
the Standards Committee of that member’s relevant authority may determine that the member must reimburse the relevant authority or the insurer (as the case may be) for any sums expended by the relevant authority or insurer in relation to those proceedings pursuant to the indemnity or insurance.
(6) Where a member or officer is obliged to reimburse a relevant authority or insurer pursuant to the terms mentioned in paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) above, those sums are to be recoverable by the relevant authority or insurer (as the case may be) as a civil debt.
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