Guidance documentation downloads

Standards for England’s regulatory functions will cease on 31 January 2012 and this includes our advice and guidance function. This page of guidance downloads will therefore be available until 31 January and allows you to easily download copies of some or all of our existing guidance. The guidance has been divided into sections which are available as Zip files and you can download as many or as few of the sections as you wish. If you have any queries about these guidance downloads, you can contact our enquiries line on 0845 078 8181 until 31 January 2012.

Group 1: Standards Committee functions

Contents

The role and make-up of standards committees
Role and appointment of parish and town council reps to the standards committee (Quick Guide)
Independent members (Quick Guide)
Local assessment of complaints guidance
Local assessment of complaints toolkit
Notifications to parish and town councils concerning complaints about their members (Quick Guide)
Assessment training exercise
Joint standards committees guidance
Model terms of reference for joint standards committees
Checklist for forming joint standards committees
Other action guidance
Local investigations and other action
Local investigations and other action – toolkit
How to conduct an investigation
A guide to SfE investigations
Standards committees determinations guidance
Standards committees determinations toolkit
Dispensations guidance

Click here to download the Group 1 Zip file (23.8Mb).

Group 2: The Code of Conduct

Contents

The Code of Conduct – Guide for members (May 2007)
Pocket guide to the Code of Conduct
Blogging (Quick guide)
Blogging (Topic guide)
Bullying and the Code of Conduct (Quick Guide)
Charitable Trustees and declarations of interest under the Code (Topic Guide)
Charitable Trustees and personal interests under the Code (Quick Guide)
Disclosing confidential information (Quick Guide)
Dual-hatted members (Quick Guide)
Dual-hatted members training exercise & scenarios
FAQ - Questions about the Code of Conduct
Freemasons and the Code of Conduct (Quick Guide)
Gifts, hospitality and the Code of Conduct (Quick Guide)
Lobbying (Quick Guide)
Personal and prejudicial interests (Quick Guide)
Predisposition, predetermination or bias, and the Code (Topic Guide)
Code training presentation (Powerpoint)

Click here to download the Group 2 Zip file (2.38Mb).

Group 3: Welsh Police Authorities

Contents

The role and make-up of standards committees of Welsh police authorities
English version
The role and make-up of standards committees of Welsh police authorities
Welsh version
The Code of Conduct – Guide for members of Welsh police authorities -2008
English version
The Code of Conduct – Guide for members of Welsh police authorities -2008
Welsh version

Click here to download the Group 3 Zip file (831Kb)