What happens at the end of the hearing?

At the end of the hearing, the Chairman will state the decision of the Standards Committee as to whether the Member failed to comply with the Code of Conduct and as to any actions which the Standards Committee resolves to take. 
 
As soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, the Monitoring Officer shall prepare a formal decision notice in consultation with the Chairman of the Standards Committee, and send a copy to you and to the Member (and to the Town Council if appropriate), make that decision notice available for public inspection and, where appropriate, report the decision to the next convenient meeting of the Council for information. 
 
Should a police investigation result in a Member being convicted of a criminal offence the Monitoring Officer / Independent Person / Group Leader determine whether it is in the public interest for the matter to be reported to Council for information.