Committee on Standards in Public Life: Getting the balance right: Implementing standards of conduc…
R10-26
Published January 2005
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
Failure to register an interest (financial or other) should normally be treated as a matter for local investigation and determination. This should be reflected in the operation of the new s66 regulations, and in the new locally-based system.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Getting the balance right: Implementing standards of conduct in public life, January 2005
Government response
Government response (the government's words)
We accept that in many such cases it would be appropriate for a failure to register an interest to be referred for local investigation and determination. However, we consider that each case should continue to be treated on its merits, and that a blanket approach for all cases would not be the right approach. For example, a case where a member wilfully and knowingly refuses to complete the register because he disagrees with the principle of registration would be likely to be viewed differently to a case where the member had overlooked or forgotten the need to fill in the register.
From: HM Government. Source document ↗