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Constitution
of South Oxfordshire District Council
and Vale of White Horse District Council
Published: 5 April 2024
Approved by:
South Oxfordshire District Council on 14 December 2023
Vale of White Horse District Council on 13 December 2023
Contents
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1 |
Summary and explanation |
8 - 17 |
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The full Council |
18 - 20 |
3 |
Council procedure rules |
20 – 31 |
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Cabinet arrangements and procedure rules |
32 - 40 |
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Planning Committee procedure rules |
41 - 48 |
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Scrutiny committees procedure rules |
47 - 59 |
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Joint Audit and Governance Committee procedure rules |
58 - 64 |
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General Licensing Committee procedure rules |
65 – 69 |
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Licensing Acts Committee procedure rules |
70 – 74 |
10 |
Climate and Ecological Emergencies Advisory Committee - South Oxfordshire |
75 - 80 |
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Climate Emergency Advisory Committee - Vale of White Horse |
81 – 85 |
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Panel procedure rules |
86 - 88 |
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Community Grants Panel procedure rules - South Oxfordshire only |
99 - 93 |
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Area committees procedure rules - Vale of White Horse only |
94 - 98 |
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Community Governance and Electoral Issues Committee procedure rules |
99 - 103 |
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Joint Staff Committee procedure rules |
104 - 107 |
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Responsibility for functions |
108 – 113 |
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Schedule 1: functions which are the responsibility of the Cabinet, Council and local choice functions, and delegation to officers |
114 |
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Introduction to the scheme |
115 |
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Abbreviations |
116 – 119 |
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General principles of the scheme |
120 – 122 |
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General delegations |
123 – 132 |
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Chief executive (head of paid service) |
131 |
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Deputy chief executive - partnerships |
132 |
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Deputy chief executive - place |
133 |
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Deputy chief executive - transformation and operations |
134 |
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Chief finance (section 151) officer |
135 – 136 |
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Electoral registration officer and returning officer |
137 |
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Head of corporate services |
138 – 139 |
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Head of development and corporate landlord |
140 – 146 |
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Head of finance |
147 – 151 |
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Head of housing and environment |
152 – 160 |
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Head of legal and democratic |
161 – 167 |
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Head of planning |
168 – 176 |
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Head of policy and programmes |
177 – 179 |
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Monitoring officer |
180 |
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Proper officers and authorised officer appointments |
181 – 207 |
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Schedule 2: functions which are the responsibility of the Cabinet - Leader's scheme of delegation to individual Cabinet members and officers |
208 |
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Scheme of delegation of the leader of South Oxfordshire council to Cabinet members and officers |
209 – 210 |
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Scheme of delegation of the leader of Vale of White Horse council to Cabinet members and officers |
211 – 213 |
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Section
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20 |
Financial procedure rules |
214 – 234 |
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Procurement procedure rules |
235 - 253 |
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Officer employment procedure rules |
254 – 260 |
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Budget and policy framework procedure rules |
261 – 263 |
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Code of conduct |
264 – 275 |
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Councillors' planning code of practice |
276 – 285 |
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Departure procedure on planning applications |
286 |
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Delivering good governance: the local code of governance |
287 – 290 |
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Anti-fraud, corruption and bribery policy |
291 – 324 |
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Whistleblowing policy |
325 – 337 |
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Protocol on member and officer relations |
338 – 353 |
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Councillor call for action protocol |
354 – 358 |
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Petition scheme for South Oxfordshire |
359 – 361 |
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Petition scheme for Vale of White Horse |
362 – 364 |
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Councillors' allowances scheme for South Oxfordshire |
365 – 372 |
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Councillors' allowances scheme for Vale of White Horse |
373 – 379 |
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Councillors' parental leave policy |
380 – 382 |
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Officers' code of conduct |
383 – 394 |
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Press and Media Protocol |
395 – 401 |