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Constitution - Havant

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Scheduled Time
Start:
Monday, 1st March 2021
12:00 AM
End:
Monday, 1st March 2021
4:00 AM
Actual Time
Started:
Monday, 1st March 2021
12:00 AM
Finished:
Monday, 1st March 2021
12:00 AM
Meeting Status
Status:
Confirmed
Date:
01 Mar 2021
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Havant Borough Council has agreed a constitution which sets out how the council operates, how decisions are made and the procedures which are followed to ensure that these are efficient, transparent and accountable to local people. Some of these processes are required by the law, while others are a matter for the Council to choose.

The purpose of the constitution is to:

·             Enable the council to provide clear leadership to the community in partnership with citizens, businesses and other organisations;

·             Support the active involvement of citizens in the process of local authority decision making;

·             Help councillors to represent their constituents more effectively;

·             Enable decisions to be taken efficiently and effectively;

·             Create a powerful and effective means of holding decision-makers to public account;

·             Ensure that no one will review or scrutinise a decision in which they were directly involved;

·             Ensure that those responsible for decision making are clearly identifiable to local people and that they explain the reasons for decisions; and

·             Provide a means of improving the delivery of services to the community.
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2 Part 1 - Summary and Explanation
2 .1 1 The Council's Constitution
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2 .2 2 What Is In The Constitution?
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2 .3 3 Councillors
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2 .4 4 How the Council makes decisions
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2 .5 5 Decision Making and the Cabinet
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2 .6 6 Overview and Scrutiny
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2 .7 7 The Council’s Staff
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2 .8 8 The Role of the Mayor of the Council
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2 .9 9 Rights of Members of the Public
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2 .10 11 Suspension of the Constitution
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2 .11 12 Publication
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3 Part 2 - Responsibility for Functions
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3 .1 Section A - Introduction to Decision Making
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3 .2 Section B - The Council
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3 .3 Section C - Local Choice Functions
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3 .4 Section D - The Cabinet (Executive) Functions
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3 .5 Section E - Non-Executive Committees
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3 .6 Section F - Joint Arrangements
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3 .7 Section G - Officer Scheme of Delegation
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4 Part 3 - Rules of Procedure
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4 .1 Council Standing Orders
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4 .2 Council and Committee Standing Orders - Amendments
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4 .3 Flowchart Declarations of Interests
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4 .4 Access to Information Procedure Rules
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4 .5 Budget and Policy Framework Standing Orders
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4 .6 Cabinet (Executive) Standing Orders
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4 .7 Overview and Scrutiny Standing Orders
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4 .8 Officer Employment Standing Orders
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4 .9 Financial Procedure Rules
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4 .10 Contract Standing Orders
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5 Part 4 - Codes and Protocols
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5 .1 Section A - Code of Conduct for Officers
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5 .2 Section B - Code of Conduct for Members
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5 .3 Section C - Councillor-Officer Protocol
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5 .4 Section D - Councillors-Planning Code of Conduct
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5 .5 Section E - Monitoring Officer Protocol
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5 .6 Section F - Code of Corporate Governance
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5 .7 Section G - HBC Local Code of Corporate Governance
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6 Part 5 - Councillors' Allowances Scheme
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6 .1 Section 1- Introduction to the Member Allowances Scheme
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6 .2 Section 2- The Scheme
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6 .3 Section 3 - Basic Allowances
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6 .4 Section 4 - Special Responsibility Allowances
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6 .5 Section 5 - Travel, Subsistence and Dependents and Caring Allowances
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6 .6 Section 6 - Insurance
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6 .7 Sections 7 and 8 - Expenses and Attendance Allowance
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6 .8 Section 9 - Payment and Foregoing of Allowances
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6 .9 Section 10 - Part-Year Entitlements
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6 .10 Section 11 - Claims
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6 .11 Section 12 - Insurance
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6 .12 Section 13 - Independent Remuneration Panel
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6 .13 Schedule 1 - Rates of Allowances
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6 .14 Schedule 2 - Approved duties for the purpose of payment of transport, subsistence and carers and dependents allowances
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6 .15 Schedule 3 - Special Responsibility Role Evaluation Scheme
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7 Part 6 - Glossary of Terms
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7 .1 10 Duty to monitor and review the Constitution
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7 .2 Schedule of Changes made to the constitution
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