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Standards Committee - 10 January 2012

Dickinson Room, Three Rivers House10th January 2012

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held in the Dickinson Room, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth on Tuesday 10 January 2012 at 10am.

Members of the Committee:-

Independent Members: Nigel Gates, Malcolm Sniders, Stephanie Caplan, Haydn Illingworth and Peter Ratcliffe.

Councillors: Paul Gordon, Amrit Mediratta and Peter Wakeling.

Parish Councils’ representatives: Parish Councillors John Gell (Sarratt Parish Council).

David Gardner, Director of Corporate Resources and Governance
30 December 2011

The Committee welcomes contributions from Members of the public to its discussion on agenda items.  Contributions will be limited to one person speaking for and one against each item for not more than three minutes.  Please note that in the event of registering your interest to speak on an agenda item but not taking up that right because the item is deferred, you will automatically be given the right to speak on that item at the next meeting of the Committee.  Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting.

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.

MINUTES

 

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 1 July 2011.

11 07 01 ST mins (doc)

3.

NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS

 

Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 31 to be announced, together with the special circumstances which justify their consideration as a matter of urgency.  The Chairman to rule on the admission of such items.

4.

DECLARATION OF INTEREST

 

To receive any declarations of interest.

5.

THE LOCALISM ACT 2011 – THE AMENDED STANDARDS REGIME

 

  • To note the changes introduced to the Standards regime by the Localism Act 2011
  • To make recommendations to Council on adoption of a new code and
  • To suggest what framework should be in place to oversee the new regime.

12 01 10 ST i - (05) localism act 2011 - amended standards regime (doc)

12 01 10 ST i - (05) localism act 2011 - amended standards regime-app 1 (doc)

12 01 10 ST i - (05) localism act 2011 - code of conduct-app 2 (pdf)

12 01 10 ST i - (05) localism act 2011 - Draft Code of Conduct-app 3 (pdf)

12 01 10 ST i - (05) localism act 2011 - chapter 7-app 4 (doc)

6.

WORK PROGRAMME AND DATE OF NEXT MEETING

 

To agree the Committee’s work programme and date of next meeting.

12 01 10 ST i - (06) work prog (doc)

7.

OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3.

8.

EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

 

If any confidential business is approved under Item 3, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional item(s) and a resolution to be passed in the following terms:-

 

 

“that under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under Paragraphs 1 to 7 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act.  It has been decided by the Council that in all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”


 

(Note:  If other confidential business is approved under item 3, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional items).

1.

OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3.