PART 2ENFORCEMENT

18Findings of hearings

1

The members of the Commission conducting a hearing shall state their findings in writing and give a copy to—

a

the councillor or member of a devolved public body whose contravention, or possible or alleged contravention, of the councillors' or, as the case may be, the members' code was the subject of the hearing;

b

the council or the devolved public body;

c

any person the Commission considers should, under this paragraph, receive a copy; and

d

any other person seeking a copy who has paid the Commission’s reasonable charge for providing it.

2

A council or devolved public body receiving a copy of findings under subsection (1) above shall consider those findings within three months of receiving them or within such longer period as the Commission may specify in writing.

3

The duty imposed on a council or devolved public body by subsection (2) above shall be discharged only by that council or body and not by a committee or sub-committee or an officer.