Localism Bill

4: Clause 27, page 38, line 9, at end insert— ““(1A) In discharging its duty under subsection (1), a relevant authority must, in particular, adopt a code dealing with the conduct that is expected of members and co-opted members of the authority when they are acting in that capacity. (1B) A relevant authority that is a parish council— (a) may comply with subsection (1A) by adopting the code adopted under that subsection by its principal authority, where relevant on the basis that references in that code to its principal authority’s register are to its register, and (b) may for that purpose assume that its principal authority has complied with section 28(1) and (1A).””