Case Tribunals (England) Regulations 2008
On 18 November 2008, the Case Tribunals (England) Regulations 2008 were laid before Parliament. These complement the Standards Committee (England) Regulations 2008 and make provision about the sanctions available to a case tribunal of the Adjudication Panel for England. They came into force on 12 December 2008.
In particular, these regulations ensure that from 12 December, case tribunals will have the power to censure a member, require them to apologise, attend training, or enter into a process of conciliation. These sanctions are currently available only to councils' standards committees. Making these sanctions available to case tribunals will allow them to deal proportionately with cases that are referred to them, for example, because they are seen as very serious, but which the tribunals conclude are not so serious. It will also enable tribunals to deal appropriately with cases referred to them because a standards committee is conflicted out.
The regulations also make provision about certain administrative procedures to be followed in relation to cases before the Adjudication Panel and its case tribunals.
The regulations are available from the website of the Office of Public Sector Information.
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