151.Section 66 gives the Secretary of State the power to make regulations to determine the way in which matters referred under sections 60(2) or 64(2) to a monitoring officer of a relevant authority should be dealt with.
152.These regulations may:
	enable a monitoring officer to conduct an investigation in respect of matters referred to him and make a report or recommendations to the standards committee of the relevant authority in respect of those matters;
	enable the standards committee to consider any report or recommendations made by the monitoring officer, taking such action as may be prescribed by the regulations;
	make provisions for the publicity to be given to any such report, recommendations or action;
	confer powers of investigation on a monitoring officer and confer rights on any member who is the subject of an investigation;
	enable a standards committee to censure or suspend a member or former member. A right of appeal would be conferred on any member subject to such action;
	enable the ethical standards officer to direct the way in which matters referred should be dealt with by the monitoring officer.
Introduction Commentary on sections Section 66: Matters referred to monitoring officers