Members Code of Conduct – Part 4A of the Constitution)

To receive disclosures of interests from members and co-opted members on matters to be considered at the meeting. The disclosure must include the nature of the interest.

An interest must also be disclosed in the meeting when it becomes apparent to the member during the meeting.

Notes:

(1)       Members must consider their interests, and act according to the following:

(2)       Disclosable pecuniary interests relate to the Member concerned or their spouse/partner.

(3)       Members in arrears of Council Tax by more than two months must not vote in decisions on, or which might affect, budget calculations, and must disclose at the meeting that this restriction applies to them.  A failure to comply with these requirements is a criminal offence under section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992. 

(4)       Officers must disclose interests in accordance with Council Standing Order 44.

(Access to Information Procedure Rules – Part 3B of the Constitution)

Reports and background papers for agenda items may be inspected by contacting the person shown after each agenda item. Certain reports and background papers may be restricted.

Any request to remove the restriction on a report or background paper should be made to the relevant Strategic Director or Assistant Director whose name is shown on the front page of the report.

If that request is refused, there is a right of appeal to this meeting.

Please contact the officer shown below in advance of the meeting if you wish to appeal.

(Su Booth – 07814 073884)

The Panel is asked to consider if the item relating to Education Appeals should be considered in the absence of the public and, if so, to approve the following recommendation:

That the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the item relating to Education Appeals, on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the proceedings, that if they were present, exempt information within Paragraph 1 (Information Relating to an Individual) of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) would be disclosed ; furthermore it is considered that, in all the circumstances, the public interest in allowing the public to remain is outweighed by the public interest in excluding public access to the relevant part of the proceedings for the following reason:

It is in the overriding public interest that parties to a review/appeal concerning their entitlement to provision of transport should have a right to confidentiality of process given that the appeal panel will need to consider the specific personal circumstances of the appellant.

The Panel is asked to consider the appeals for assistance with travel set out in Not for Publication (NFP) Documents “A” “B” “D” “E” “F” “G” “H”

(Joanne Plummer – 01274 432042)