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West Suffolk Council Constitution - Friday 13 January 2023

Contact: Teresa Halliday: Monitoring Officer Email: teresa.halliday@westsuffolk.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
1.	Cover Page (January 2023) PDF 256 KB
1a	Summary and Explanation (April 2019) PDF 55 KB
2.	Articles
2a	Article 1 - The Constitution (April 2019) PDF 32 KB
2b	Article 2 - Members of the Council (April 2019) PDF 36 KB
2c	Article 3 - The Public and the Council (April 2019) PDF 44 KB
2d	Article 4 - The Council (April 2019) PDF 48 KB
2e	Article 5 - Chairing the Council (April 2020) PDF 139 KB
2f	Article 6 - The Cabinet (August 2021) PDF 146 KB
2g	Article 7 - Scrutiny Committees (April 2019) PDF 52 KB
2h	Article 8 - Regulatory and Standards Committees (April 2019) PDF 28 KB
2i	Article 9 - Joint Arrangements and Working Groups (April 2019) PDF 37 KB
2j	Article 10 - Officers (April 2019) PDF 46 KB
2k	Article 11 - Decision Making (April 2019) PDF 60 KB
2l	Article 12 - Finance, Contracts and Legal Matters (April 2021) PDF 101 KB
2m	Article 13 - Review and Revision of the Constitution (April 2019) PDF 28 KB
2n	Article 14 - Suspension, Interpretation, Maintenance and Publication of the Constitution (April 2019) PDF 29 KB
2o	Schedule 1 - Description of Executive Arrangements (April 2019) PDF 29 KB
3.	Functions and Responsibilities
3a	Section 1 - Responsibility for Local Choice Functions (April 2019) PDF 45 KB
3b	Section 2 - Responsibility for Council (Non Executive) Functions (December 2022) PDF 730 KB
3c	Section 3 - Responsibility for Executive Functions (April 2021) PDF 116 KB
3d	Section 4 - Budget Setting and Medium Term Planning, Budget Monitoring and Control and Resources Allocations (April 2021) PDF 186 KB
3e	Section 5 - Scheme of Delegation to Officers (April 2021) PDF 106 KB
3f	Section 6 - Member Role Descriptions (April 2019) PDF 63 KB
4.	Rules of Procedure
4a	Council Procedure Rules and Petition Scheme (August 2022) PDF 228 KB Additional documents: Part 4 - Council Procedure Rules - Appendix A - Petition Scheme (April 2021) , item 4a PDF 198 KB
4b	Committee Procedure Rules (June 2021) PDF 237 KB
4c	Cabinet Procedure Rules (June 2021) PDF 129 KB
4d	Scrutiny Committees Procedure Rules (April 2021) PDF 247 KB
4e	Access to Information Procedure Rules (June 2021) PDF 196 KB
4f	Officer Employment Procedure Rules (April 2021) PDF 136 KB
4g	Budget and Policy Framework Procedure Rules (June 2021) PDF 148 KB
4h	West Suffolk Financial Procedure Rules (April 2021) PDF 146 KB
4i	West Suffolk Contract Procedure Rules (September 2022) PDF 433 KB
5.	Codes and Protocols
5a	Suffolk Code of Conduct (May 2022) PDF 324 KB
5b	Code of Conduct for Employees (June 2021) PDF 377 KB
5c	Member and Officer Protocol (April 2021) PDF 159 KB
5f	West Suffolk Planning Code of Practice (February 2022) PDF 162 KB
5e	West Suffolk Licensing Code of Practice (December 2022) PDF 128 KB
6.	Members' Allowances Scheme (March 2022) PDF 243 KB