3. In the cases provided for in a) and b) of the preceding section, the corresponding proceedings shall be conducted by the Conflicts of Interest Office. In the circumstances set forth in c), the proceedings shall be conducted by the competent body pursuant to the disciplinary rules of the Autonomous Community or Local Entity in question. 4. Authority to impose sanctions shall lie with: a) The Council of Ministers, when the proceedings concern a member of the Government or Secretary of State. b) The Minister of the Treasury and Public Administrations, when the perpetrator is a civil servant or employee of the Central State Administration other than the above. c) When the proceedings are conducted against holders of senior office in an Autonomous Community or Local Entity, the bodies in which disciplinary powers are vested in application of the disciplinary rules of the Administration in which the officer is a civil servant or employee, or, as the case may be, the Governing Council of the Autonomous Community or the Plenary Governing Council of the Local Entity in question. 5. Decisions handed down in application of the disciplinary proceedings regulated in this Title shall be appealable before the Administrative Courts. Article 32. Limitation periods. 1. The limitation period for the infractions provided for in this Title shall be five years for very serious infractions, three years for serious infractions and one year for minor infractions. 2. The sanctions imposed for the perpetration of very serious infractions shall have a five-year limitation period; those imposed for serious infractions shall have a three-year limitation period; and those resulting from the perpetration of minor infractions shall have a one-year limitation period. 3. For the purposes of counting the limitation periods provided for in the two previous sections—as well as determining the causes for interruption of such periods—Article 132 of Act 30/1992, of 30 November, on the Legal System of the Public Administrations and the Common Administrative Procedure, shall apply. TITLE III The Council on Transparency and Good Governance Article 33. The Council on Transparency and Good Governance. 1. The Council on Transparency and Good Governance is hereby established as one of the public authorities classified in Additional Provision Ten of Act 6/1997, of 14 April, on the Organization and Operation of the Central State Administration. Said Council shall be attached to the Ministry of the Treasury and Public Administrations. 2. The Council on Transparency and Good Governance possesses legal personality and has full capacity to contract. It acts autonomously and is fully independent in fulfilling its purposes. 27