Commentary on Sections Conduct of local authority members: miscellaneous amendments Section 197: Interim case tribunals
467.This section amends section 78 of the Local Government Act 2000 to provide that, where an interim case tribunal decides that a member should be suspended, the effect of the tribunal’s notice is to suspend or partially suspend the member, rather than, as currently, requiring that the authority should take action to put the notice into effect. In addition, new provision is made for an appeal to the High Court against a decision by an interim case tribunal only to be possible where the permission of the High Court has been given.