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Council Constitution
PART 1 SUMMARY
PART 2




















 Articles of the Constitution
The Articles are number 1 to 16 and cover all the elements required to describe the Constitution

Article 1 -      The Constitution (Pdf 16kb)
Article 2 -      The Council and its members (Pdf 12kb)
Article 3 -      Citizens and the Council (Pdf - 10kb)
Article 4 -      The full Council (Pdf - 16kb)
Article 5 -      The Mayor (Pdf - 9kb)
Article 6 -      Overview and Scrutiny committees (Pdf - 16kb)
Article 7 -      The Executive (Pdf - 11kb)
Article 8 -       Regulatory and other committees (Pdf - 8kb)
Article 9 -       The Standards Committee (Pdf - 15kb)
Article 10 -     Area Committees (Pdf - 8kb)
Article 11 -     Joint arrangements (Pdf - 17kb)
Article 12 -     Officers (Pdf - 25kb)
Article 13 -     Decision making (Pdf - 17kb)
Article 14 -     Finance, contracts and legal matters (Pdf - 9kb)
Article 15 -     Review and revision of the Constitution (Pdf - 8kb)
Article 16 -     Suspension, interpretation and publication of the Constitution (Pdf - 10kb)
Schedule 1 - Description of executive arrangements (Pdf - 8kb)
PART 3 Responsibility for functions
(a)  Terms of Reference and Scheme of delegation (Pdf - 13kb)
Terms of reference of committees (Pdf - 41kb)
Committee structure (Pdf - 18kb)
Introduction to delegations to officers (Pdf -10kb)
Delegated responsibilities in consultation with the Portfolio Holder/ The Leader of the Council (Pdf - 15kb)
(b) Delegations to officers (Pdf - 76kb)
(c)  Proper Officer functions  (Pdf - 17kb)
(d)  Roles of different councillors (Pdf - 14kb)
PART 4











 Procedural rules

(a)  Council Standing Orders (Pdf - 42kb)
Rules of debate (Pdf - 13kb)
(b)  Overview and Scrutiny procedure rules (Pdf - 30kb)
(c)  Executive procedure rules (Pdf- 22kb)
(d)  Financial Regulations (Pdf - 95kb)
(e)  Standing Orders for contracts (Pdf - 29kb)
(f)   Officer Employment procedure rules (Pdf - 12kb)
(g)  Access to information rules (Pdf - 31kb)
(h)  Budget and Policy framework procedure rules (Pdf - 18kb)
PART 5













 Codes and protocols
(a)  Members' Code of Conduct (Pdf 20kb)
An Executive Summary of the new Model Code of Conduct (Pdf 10kb)
General principles (Word 27kb)
(b)  Code of Conduct for employees (Pdf 39kb)
(c)  Protocol for Member/Officer relations (Pdf 31kb)
(d)  Planning Code (Pdf 31kb)
Planning Code - Appendix A - site visits (Pdf 9kb)
Planning Code - Appendix B - Procedures for public speaking (Pdf 22kb)
(e) Confidential Reporting Code (Pdf 23kb)
(f)    Anti Fraud and Corruption Strategy (Pdf 20kb)
(g)  Local Code of Corporate Governance (Pdf 98kb)
(h)  Monitoring Officer Code (Pdf 22kb)
PART 6






 Members' allowance scheme

(a)  Members' allowance scheme (Pdf - 9kb)
PART 7 MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE (Pdf - 126kb)
PART 8 AREA FORUM ARRANGEMENTS (Pdf 12kb)