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Minutes  PDF 99 KB
To approve as a correct record the Minutes of
the meeting of this Committee held on 5 September 2011.
Minutes:
The Minutes of the
meeting held on 5 September 2011 were approved as a true and
correct record and signed by the Chairman.
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18. |
Declarations of Interest
To receive any Declarations of Interest from
Members.
Minutes:
There were no
declarations of interest received.
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19. |
Amendments to the Constitution - Scheme of Delegation (C2304) PDF 71 KB
Purpose: To consider any changes
required to the Council's Constitution – Scheme of
Delegation
Additional documents:
Minutes:
The Committee
considered a report (Agenda Item 4) which detailed proposed
amendments to the Scheme of Delegation. David Holling in
introducing the item reported that throughout this part of the Constitution, the words
‘Officer Delegation Rules’ had been replaced by
‘Scheme of Delegation’ and that the index had not yet
been updated but following agreement at this meeting to the changes
already submitted and any additional changes agreed at the meeting,
it would be.
During the discussion
of the item the changes set out in the table below were
proposed:
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Constitution Page No
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Paragraph
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Change
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Comments
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13
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3.3.3, 11th bullet point
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Use a capital C in the word Council’s relevant policies
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amended
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15
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3.3.6
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Members queried
whether the deleted text set out below had been reincorporated into
the Scheme of Delegation for the relevant Head of
Service:
To inspect
arrangements for the care of children accommodated in independent
schools in accordance with Section 87 of the Children Act
1989
To approve the
registration of residential homes under Section 5 of the Registered
Homes Act 1984 or any subsequent amending legislation.
In consultation with an authorised Officer of the appropriate
Health Authority to approve the registration of nursing agencies
under Section 2 of the Nurses Agencies Act
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This provision
should be deleted - responsibility falls to the National Care
Standards Commission as a result of the Care Standards Act
2000
This paragraph needed to be deleted as
responsibility now fell to the Care Quality Commission –
Regulations Homes Act 1984 repealed)
This paragraph needed to be deleted as responsibility now fell to
the Care Quality Commission – Regulations Homes Act 1984
repealed)
This paragraph
needed to be deleted as the Nurses Agencies Act 1957 repealed
– meant that responsibility for approving registration of
nursing agencies lay with health authority.
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20
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Below the table
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Insert the wording: ‘The following delegations are granted to
the Heads of Services set out in section 3.5 to 3.17
below’.
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amended
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21
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3.5.3
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Delete ‘Public Procurement Regulations’ and insert
‘Contract Rules of procurement
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amended
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24
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3.6.1 first bullet point
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Delete the word ‘the’ and insert the word
‘and’.
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amended
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39
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3.14.9 last bullet point
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Add a full stop at the end of the sentence.
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amended
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45
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3.15.6 first bullet point on page 45
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Delete the word ‘those’
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amended
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45
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3.15.6 second bullet point on page 45
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Delete the word ‘where the Head of Planning and Countryside
considers it appropriate’.
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amended
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Members queried the
following paragraphs:
1.
3.3 3 which included the insertion of the bullet point
‘employment of consultants to advise on specialist aspects of
work within the relevant Service Area’
. It was noted that this function was originally only
delegated to the Head of Property. During the updating of the
Scheme of Delegation Officers, felt that it would be prudent to
permit all Heads of service to employ specialist consultants should
the need arise. This would have to be done within existing
resources however.
2.
Members requested that Planning Officers review paragraphs 3.15.8
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