What is in the Council's Constitution?
- The rules setting out how this council operates.
- The rules of the Cabinet and other committees.
- The policy framework of the Council.
What is its purpose?
- To enable the Council to provide clear leadership to the community in partnership with citizens, businesses and other organisations.
- To support the active involvement of citizens in the process of local authority decision-making.
- To help councillors represent their constituents more effectively.
- To enable decisions to be taken efficiently and effectively.
- To create a powerful and effective means of holding decision-makers to public account.
- To ensure that no one will review or scrutinise a decision in which they were directly involved.
- To ensure that those responsible for decision-making are clearly identifiable to local people and that they explain the
reasons for decisions and provide a means of improving the delivery of services to the community.
* Please note the Constitution is out of date and is currently being updated*
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Section |
Subject |
Last Updated |
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1 |
Index and Introduction
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25 May 07 |
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2 |
Articles of the Constitution
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25 May 07 |
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3 |
26 Feb 09 | |
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4 |
Non-Cabinet Responsibilities
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25 May 07 |
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5 |
Terms of Reference
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24 April 08 |
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6 |
Scheme of Delegation
|
01 Oct 07 |
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7 |
19 Dec 08 | |
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8 |
10 Dec 06 |
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9 |
25 May 07 | |
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10 |
19 Dec 08 | |
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11 |
Financial Regulations
|
28 Feb 07 |
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12 |
Contract Procedure Rules |
06 Dec 07 |
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13 |
Employment Procedure Rules
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22 June 07 |
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14 |
Members' Code of Conduct
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26 Sept 07 |
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15 |
22 June 07 |
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16 |
Member/Officer Protocol
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22 June 07 |
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17 |
17 May 07 |
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18a |
2003 |
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18b |
Management Structure
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17 May 07 |
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19 |
Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity |
06 Jan 03 |
