Agenda item

Report of the Head of Legal Services and Monitoring Officer.

The Mayor agreed to the admission of this report as urgent business. The report was not available at the time of despatch due to the verification of information contained therein.

RESOLVED:

That with effect from the date upon which the new ethical       framework comes into effect as prescribed by Regulations;

(i)     that approval be given to The Members’ Code of Conduct as  attached at Appendix 1 of the report;

(ii)   that the Monitoring Officer be authorised to make any necessary amendments to the code in order to comply with Regulations;

(iii) that approval be given to the arrangements for dealing with allegations that a member had failed to comply with the code, as attached at Appendix 2 of the report;

(iv) that approval be given  to the establishment of a Standards Committee, an Assessment Sub-Committee and a Hearing Sub-Committee upon the terms of reference set out at Appendix 3 of the report; and

(v)  that approval be given  to the amendments to the Constitution consequential to the changes to the ethical framework, as set out at Appendix 4 of the report.