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CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
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1
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THE CONSTITUTION
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Part
1 – Summary and Explanation
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3
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Part 2 – Articles of the
Constitution
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Article
1 – The Constitution
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7
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Article
2 – Members of the Council
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8
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Article
3 – Citizens and the Council
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10
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Article
4 – The Full Council
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11
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Article
5 – Chairing the Council Meeting
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13
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Article
6 – Overview and Scrutiny Committees
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14
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Article
7 – The Executive
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17
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Article
8 – Regulatory and Other Committees
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19
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Article
9 – The Standards Committee
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20
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Article
10 – Area Committees and Forums
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23
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Article
11 – Joint Arrangements
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24
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Article
12 – Officers
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26
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Article
13 – Decision-Making
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32
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Article
14 – Finance, Contracts and Legal Matters
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34
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Article
15 – Review and Revision of the Constitution
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35
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Article
16 – Suspension, Interpretation and Publication
of the Constitution
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36
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Schedule
1 – Description of Executive Arrangements
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37
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Part 3 – Responsibility for
Functions
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Responsibility
for Functions
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38
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Schedule
1 - Functions not to be the responsibility of an Authority's
Executive
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39
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Schedule
2 - Local Choice Executive Functions
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51
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Schedule
3 - Local Choice Council Functions
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52
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Schedule
4 - Council Functions: Plans and Strategies
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53
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Schedule
5 - Mandatory Executive Functions
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54
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Schedule
6 - Mandatory Council Functions
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55
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Responsibility
for Council Functions (Committees' Terms of Reference)
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56
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Responsibility
for Executive Functions
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66
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Part 4 – Rules of
Procedure
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4(A)
Council Procedure Rules
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68
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4(B)
Access to Information Procedure Rules
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82
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4(C)
Budget and Policy Framework Procedure Rules
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90
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4(D)
Executive Procedure Rules
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95
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4(E)
Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules
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100
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4(F)
Financial Procedure Rules
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110
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4(G)
Contracts Procedure Rules
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131
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4(H)
Officer Employment Procedure Rules
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138
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Part 5 – Codes and
Protocols
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5(A)
Members’ Code of Conduct
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142
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5(B)
Code of Conduct for Qualifying Employees of the Council
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155
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5(C)
Protocol on Officer / Member Relations
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158
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5(D)
Code of Corporate Governance
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161
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Part
6 – Members’ Allowances Scheme
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171
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Part
7 – Management Structure
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176
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Part
8 – Officer Delegations
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177
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