Agenda

SPECIAL, Standards Committee
Thursday, 7th October, 2010 7.00 pm, NEW

Venue: Civic Centre, High Road, Wood Green, London N22 8LE. View directions

Contact: Clifford Hart 

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

2.

Urgent Business

The Chair will consider the admission of any late reports in relation to the items shown on the agenda.

 

(Please note that under the Council’s Constitution – Part 4 Section B paragraph 17 – it being a special meeting no other business shall be considered).

 

3.

Declarations of Interest

A member with a personal interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered must disclose to that meeting the existence and nature of that interest at the commencement of that consideration, or when the interest becomes apparent.

 

A member with a personal interest in a matter also has a prejudicial interest in that matter if the interest is one which a member of the public with knowledge of the relevant facts would reasonably regard as so significant that it is likely to prejudice the member's judgment of the public interest and if this interest affects their financial position or the financial position of a person or body as described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct and/or if it relates to the determining of any approval, consent, licence, permission or registration in relation to them or any person or body described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct.

 

4.

Future of Standards Regime pdf icon PDF 68 KB

Update from the Monitoring Officer.

5.

Standards Training 2010/11 - update

Verbal report of the Monitoring Officer

6.

Update on complaints received

Verbal report of the Monitoring Officer

7.

Adoption of Procedures for Local Determination Hearings pdf icon PDF 129 KB

Report of the Monitoring Officer to propose the formal adoption of pre-hearing procedure forms and Procedure Rules for conducting local determination hearings into allegations of breach of the Members’ Code of Conduct by the Standards Committee or a Hearing Panel.

Additional documents:

8.

EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC AND PRESS

The following item is likely to be subject of a motion to exclude the press and public from the meeting as it contains exempt information as defined in Section 100a of the Local Government Act 1972; namely information relating to any individual, and information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual; and also in accordance with the Standards Committee (England) Regulations 2008 (regulation 5), and  Section 53 of the Local Government Act 2000.

 

9.

Consideration of the outcome of an investigation resulting from the decision of the Standards Assessment Sub-Committee - Standards Complaint SC002/0910

Report of the Head of Legal Services and Monitoring Officer - To advise the Committee of the outcome of an investigation in respect of a Standards Assessment Sub-Committee complaint referral :

 

Standards Complaint SC002/0910