Constitution

The Council's constitution is broken into several parts and we have provided individual document downloads for these separate parts.

We have also provided a full version of the Constitution which can be downloaded below.

PDF Document: Part 1: Summary and Explanation

PDF Document: Part 2: Articles of the Constitution

Article 1 – The Constitution
Article 2 – Councillors
Article 3 – Citizens and the Council
Article 4 – The Council
Article 5 – Chairing the Council
Article 6 – Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Article 7 – The Executive
Article 8 – Regulatory and other Committees
Article 9 – Panels and Forums

Article 10 - The Standards Committee
Article 11 – Joint Arrangements
Article 12 – Employees
Article 13 – Decision Making
Article 14 – Finance, Contracts and Legal Matters
Article 15 – Review and Revision of the Constitution
Article 16 – Suspension, Interpretation and Publication of the Constitution
Schedule 1 – Description of Executive Arrangements

PDF Document: Part 3: Responsibility for Functions

PDF Document: Part 4: Rules of Procedure

Council Procedure Rules
Access to Information Procedure Rules
Budget and Policy Framework Procedure Rules
Executive Procedure Rules
Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules
Financial Procedure Rules
Contracts Procedure Rules
Employment Procedure Rules

PDF Document: Part 5 – Codes and Protocols

PDF Document: Councillor's Code of Conduct
Employees' Code of Conduct
Protocol on Councillor / Employee Relations
Anti-Fraud and Corruption Policy
Anti-Money Laundering Policy
"WhistleBlowing" Policy
Internet Acceptance Usage Policy
Email Usage Policy

PDF Document: Part 6: Councillor's Remuneration Scheme

PDF Document: Part 7: Management Structure

Links

The following document includes all of the sections above and is a large file. Please only download this if you require the full Constitution document.

PDF Document: Full Council Constitution