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Constitution Contents
Constitution Contents (Adobe PDF format, 76.5kb)
Constitution Part 1: summary and explanation
Summary and Explanation (Adobe PDF format, 32.1kb)
Constitution Part 2: articles of the constitution
Area Committees (Adobe PDF format, 13.6kb)
Chairing the Council (Adobe PDF format, 6.3kb)
Citizens and the Council (Adobe PDF format, 15.7kb)
Decision Making (Adobe PDF format, 25.6kb)
Description of the Executive Arrangements (Adobe PDF format, 10.4kb)
Finance, Contracts and Legal Matters (Adobe PDF format, 13.5kb)
Joint Arrangements (Adobe PDF format, 16.4kb)
Members of the Council (Adobe PDF format, 48.3kb)
Monitoring Officer Protocol (Adobe PDF format, 40.9kb)
Officers (Adobe PDF format, 24.2kb)
Overview and Scrutiny Committees (Adobe PDF format, 39.7kb)
Regulatory and Other Committees (Adobe PDF format, 10kb)
Review and Revision of the Constitution (Adobe PDF format, 14.3kb)
Suspension, Interpretation and Publication of the Constitution (Adobe PDF format, 13.9kb)
The Leader and Cabinet (Adobe PDF format, 28.0kb)
The Constitution (Adobe PDF format, 14.7kb)
The Council (Adobe PDF format, 25.4kb)
The Standards Committee (Adobe PDF format, 26kb)
Constitution Part 3: Responsibility for Functions
Appendix A Constitution 4.1 (Adobe PDF format, 131kb)
Cabinet and Council Appointments to Outside Bodies (Adobe PDF format, 94.0kb)
Cabinet Members - "Portfolio Holders" (Adobe PDF format, 43.2kb)
Membership of Cabinet, Committees, Sub-Committees, Forums and Working Groups (Adobe PDF format, 98.0kb)
Proper Officer Provisions and Scheme of Delegation to Chief Officers (Adobe PDF format, 149kb)
Proper Officer Provisions and Scheme of Delegation to Chief Officers - Managing Director (People and Places), Borough Solicitor and Borough Treasurer (Adobe PDF format, 56.9kb)
Proper Officer Provisions and Scheme of Delegation to Chief Officers - Managing Director (Transformation) and Transformation Manager (Adobe PDF format, 30.0kb)
Proper Officer Provisions and Scheme of Delegation to Chief Officers - Assistant Director Housing and Regeneration and Borough Economic Regeneration and Strategic Property Officer (Adobe PDF format, 49.7kb)
Proper Officer Provisions and Scheme of Delegation to Chief Officers - Assistant Director Community Services (Adobe PDF format, 129kb)
Proper Officer Provisions and Scheme of Delegation to Chief Officers - Assistant Director Street Scene (Adobe PDF format, 15.6kb)
Proper Officer Provisions and Scheme of Delegation to Chief Officer - Borough Planner (Adobe PDF format, 44.3kb)
Responsibility for Functions (Adobe PDF format, 156kb)
Scheme of Delegation to Cabinet and Portfolio Holders (Adobe PDF format, 30.3kb)
Constitution Part 4: Rules of Procedure
Access to Information Procedure Rules (Adobe PDF format, 61.3kb)
Budget and Policy Framework Procedure Rules (Adobe PDF format, 29.9kb)
Cabinet Procedure Rules (Adobe PDF format, 30.6kb)
Contracts Procedure Rules (Adobe PDF format, 95.3kb)
Council Procedure Rules (Adobe PDF format, 86.4kb)
Financial Regulations (Adobe PDF format, 163kb)
Members Update Procedure Rules - Information Items (Adobe PDF format, 24.3kb)
Officer Employment Procedure Rules (Adobe PDF format, 32.1kb)
Overview and Scrutiny Committee Procedure Rules (Adobe PDF format, 50.5kb)
Committee Procedure Rules (Adobe PDF format, 21.2kb)
Procedure for the public and applicants who wish to speak at the Planning Committee on Planning Applications that might affect them (Adobe PDF format, 36.1kb)
Constitution Part 5: Codes and Protocols
Conventions for the Management of Council Business (Adobe PDF format, 109kb)
Members' Code of Conduct (Adobe PDF format, 100kb)
Officers' Code of Conduct (Adobe PDF format, 136kb)
Protocol on Member/Officer Relations (Adobe PDF format, 42.3kb)
Planning Code of Good Practice (Adobe PDF format, 44.3kb)
Protocol on the Use of ICT by Members (Adobe PDF format, 63.6kb)
Whistleblowing Code (Adobe PDF format, 55.4kb)
Indemnity 1996 (Adobe PDF format, 31.3kb)
Protocol - Arrangements for Crime and Disorder Scrutiny (Adobe PDF format, 40.3kb)
Petition Scheme (Adobe PDF format, 52.6kb)
Protocol on Members' Items & Councillors' Call for Action (Adobe PDF format 91.5kb)
Constitution Part 6: Members' Allowances Scheme
Members Allowances Scheme & Guidance (Adobe PDF format, 97.1kb)
Constitution Part 7: Management Structure
Management Structure (Adobe PDF format, 35.2kb)
Management Structure for RIPA (Adobe PDF format, 51.0kb)
Last Updated: 2/7/2012
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