require the council referred to in the notice to take such action relevant to any of the article 22 functions as may be specified in the notice. 

## Functions of joint committees relevant to codes of conduct 

25. —(1) The North Northamptonshire Joint Committee must formulate proposals for the code of conduct to be adopted by the shadow authority for North Northamptonshire in accordance with article 8(1) and present those proposals at the first meeting of the shadow authority. 

(2) The West Northamptonshire Joint Committee must formulate proposals for the code of conduct to be adopted by the shadow authority for West Northamptonshire in accordance with article 8(1) and present those proposals at the first meeting of the shadow authority. 

(3) In formulating proposals under paragraphs (1) and (2) the joint committees must have regard to section 27 (duty to promote and maintain high standards of conduct) and section 28 (codes of conduct) of the 2011 Act. 

## Implementation Team 

26. —(1) Not later than 21 days after the coming into force of this Order, the North Northamptonshire Joint Committee and the West Northamptonshire Joint Committee must form a single team of officers (“the Implementation Team”) for the purposes of assisting— 

(a) the relevant Joint Committee in the discharge of its functions under this Part; and 

(b) if, after the dissolution of the relevant Joint Committee, the relevant shadow authority so requires, that shadow authority. 

(2) The members of the Implementation Team must comprise officers from the county council, the North Northamptonshire councils and the West Northamptonshire councils. 

(3) The leader of the Implementation Team is to be the Chief Executive of the county council. 

(4) The deputy leaders of the Implementation Team are to be an officer of one of the North Northamptonshire councils and an officer of one of the West Northamptonshire councils. 

(5) The county council and, as regards the relevant Joint Committee, each of the North Northamptonshire councils or each of the West Northamptonshire councils must— 

(a) co-operate in the formation of the Implementation Team, and 

(b) release the officers concerned from their normal duties at such times or for such periods as the relevant Joint Committee or the relevant shadow authority may reasonably require. 

(6) In this article— 

“the relevant Joint Committee” means— 

(a) as regards the North Northamptonshire councils, the North Northamptonshire Joint Committee; 

(b) as regards the West Northamptonshire councils, the West Northamptonshire Joint Committee; 

“the relevant shadow authority” means— 

(a) as regards the North Northamptonshire councils, the shadow authority for North Northamptonshire; and 

(b) as regards the West Northamptonshire councils, the shadow authority for West Northamptonshire. 

## General transitional duties of the county council, the North Northamptonshire Councils and the West Northamptonshire Councils 

27. —(1) The county council, each of the North Northamptonshire councils and each of the West Northamptonshire councils must— 

