Redditch Constitution

CONTENTS

The following are updated and amended versions of the Council’s Constitutional documents approved by the Council on 21st May 2007, as indicated:

all proposed additions are shown in bold italic print; all deletions lined through for clarity.

PART 1	The Constitution – Contents and Explanation  (64.66 KB)
PART 2	Articles of the Constitution  (189.04 KB)
Article 1	The Constitution
Article 2	Members of the Council
Article 3	Citizens and the Council
Article 4	The Full Council (and Procedure Rules)
Article 5	Chairing the Council
Article 6	Overview and Scrutiny Committees (and Procedure Rules)
Article 7	The Executive Committee (and Procedure Rules)
Article 8	Regulatory and other Committees
Article 9	The Standards Committee
Article 10	Area Committees and Forums
Article 11	Joint Arrangements
Article 12	Officers
Article 13	Decision Making
Article 14	Finance, Contracts and Legal Matters
Article 15	Review and Revision of the Constitution
Article 16	Suspension, Interpretation and Publication of the Constitution
Schedule 1	Description of Executive Committee Arrangements
PART 3	Responsibility for Functions  (30.74 KB)
PART 4	Rules of Procedure  (124.90 KB)
A	Standing Orders (including Contracts Procedure Rules - Standing Orders 46-48)
B	Council Procedure Rules (– see Article 4 above
C	Access to Information Procedure Rules
D	Budget and Policy Framework Procedure Rules
E	Executive Committee Procedure Rules (– see Article 7 above)
F	Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rule (–  see Article 6 above)
G	Financial Procedure Rules (-See Financial Regulations - APPENDIX B below )
H	Officer Employment Procedure Rules
PART 5	Codes and Protocols (Index only)  (23.31 KB)
A	Members’ Code of Conduct  - (APPENDIX D below )
B	Officers' Code of Conduct  - (APPENDIX E below )
C	Protocol on Member / Officer Relations  - (APPENDIX F below )
D	Planning Code of Practice – (APPENDIX G below )
E	Licensing Code of Practice – (APPENDIX H below )
PART 6	Scheme of Members’ Allowances  (20.33 KB)
PART 7	Management Structure  (28.81 KB) Committee Structures

APPENDICES:

Appendix A	Standing Orders  (268.50 KB)
Appendix B	Financial Regulations  (88.68 KB)
Appendix C	Scheme of Delegation to Officers  (197.84 KB)
Appendix D	Member Code of Conduct  (47.96 KB)
Appendix E	Officer Code of Conduct  (45.43 KB)
Appendix F	Member / Officer Protocol  (45.34 KB)
Appendix G	Planning Code of Practice  (55.76 KB)
Appendix H	Licensing Code of Practice  (45.23 KB)

Notes

1. Any reference to specific legislation, or statutory provisions in the attached Constitution shall be automatically deemed to refer to any relevant aspects of any successive legislation or statutory provisions, pending formal updating.
2. Reference to specific Officers in the attached Constitution shall be automatically deemed to refer to any successor Officer(s) who is/are charged with the same responsibilities, following any future re-organisation, save that, for the sake of clarity and proper control, in the case of any ambiguity about who shall exercise a particular delegation of authority, the delegation shall refer to the higher ranking Officer(s).

Related Documents

Redditch Constitution  (355.31 KB) (For adoption by the Council  25th June 2007)