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Part 1 - The Structure of the Council
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Section 1 - Overview PDF 99 KB
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Section 2 - Members of the Council PDF 105 KB
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Section 3 - The Council Meeting PDF 98 KB
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Section 4 - The Executive PDF 105 KB
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Section 5 - Regulatory and Other Committees PDF 95 KB
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Section 6 - Champions PDF 186 KB
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Section 7 - Joint Arrangements PDF 106 KB
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Section 8 - Officers' Roles and Statutory Officer Functions PDF 221 KB
Part 2 - Responsibility for Decisions
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Section 1 - Introduction PDF 113 KB
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Section 2 - Responsibility for Local Choice Functions PDF 132 KB
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Section 3 - Functions of the Council PDF 122 KB
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Section 4 - Responsibility for Non-Executive Functions PDF 145 KB
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Section 5 - Responsibility for Executive Functions PDF 197 KB
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Section 6 - Powers Exercisable by Officers PDF 223 KB
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Table 1 - Delegation to Officers PDF 187 KB
Part 3 - Overview & Scrutiny
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Section 1 - Introduction PDF 112 KB
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Section 2 - Overview & Scrutiny Commission PDF 101 KB
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Section 3 - Overview & Scrutiny Panels PDF 115 KB
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Section 4 - Conduct of Proceedings PDF 93 KB
Part 4 - The Way in which the Council Operates
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Section 1 - Introduction PDF 104 KB
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Section 2 - Principles of Decision Making PDF 113 KB
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Section 3 - Council Procedure Rules PDF 259 KB
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Annex - Scheme for Public Participation at Meetings of the Council PDF 222 KB
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Annex - Overview and Scrutiny Public Participation Scheme PDF 240 KB
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Annex - Guidance for Filming, Audio-Recording, Photographing and Using Social Media at Council and Committee Meetings PDF 121 KB
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Section 4 - Committee Procedure Rules PDF 260 KB
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Annex - Rules of debate diagram PDF 106 KB
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Section 5 - Access to Information Procedure Rules PDF 238 KB
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Section 6 - Budget and Policy Framework Procedure Rules PDF 128 KB
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Section 7 - Executive Procedure Rules PDF 197 KB
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Section 8 - Protocol for Executive Decision Making by Members under Executive Arrangements PDF 235 KB
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Section 9 - Overview & Scrutiny Procedure Rules PDF 249 KB
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Section 10 - Financial Regulations PDF 514 KB
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Section 11 - Contract Standing Orders PDF 642 KB
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Section 12 - Officer Employment Procedure Rules PDF 208 KB
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Section 13 - Code of Conduct for Members and Co-Opted Members PDF 249 KB
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Section 14 - Employees' Code of Conduct PDF 256 KB
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Section 15 - Member and Officer Protocol PDF 280 KB
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Section 16 - Protocol for Members in Dealing with Planning Matters PDF 241 KB
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Section 17 - Legal Proceedings Etc PDF 177 KB
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Section 18 - Leader and Chief Executive Protocol PDF 137 KB
Part 5 - Citizens and the Council
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Citizens and the Council PDF 183 KB
Part 6 - Members' Allowances
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Members' Allowances PDF 377 KB
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Schedule 1 - Special Responsibility Allowances PDF 194 KB
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Schedule 2 - Approved Duties for Travel and Subsistence Allowances PDF 113 KB
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Schedule 3 - Approved Conferences PDF 121 KB
Part 7 - Review, Revision, Suspension, Interpretation and Publication of the Constitution
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Review, Revision, Suspension, Interpretation and Publication of the Constitution PDF 183 KB