Gloucestershire County Council Constitution
Please access the different parts of the Constitution by clicking on the tabs below.
- Part 1 of the Constitution - Summary and explanation
- Part 2 of the Constitution - 'Basic Principles'
- Part 3 of the Constitution - 'who does what?'
- Part 4 of the Constitution - Rules of procedure
- Part 4 of the Constitution - Rules of access to information about the County Council's formal business
- Part 4 of the Constitution - Policy framework and budget procedure rules
- Part 4 of the Constitution - Cabinet procedure rules
- Part 4 of the Constitution - Scrutiny procedure rules
- Part 4 of the Constitution - Call-in procedure rules
- Part 4 of the Constitution - Panel operating principles
- Part 4 of the Constitution - Financial procedure rules
- Part 4 of the Constitution - Contract procedure rules
- Part 4 of the Constitution - Officer employment procedure rules
- Part 5 of the Constitution - Protocol on public address at Planning Committee
- Part 5 of the Constitution - Member's code of conduct
- Part 5 of the Constitution - Code of conduct for employees
- Part 5 of the Constitution - Protocol on the relationship between Officers and Members
- Part 5 of the Constitution - Protocol on Member and Officer attendance at meetings of other public authorities
- Part 5 of the Constitution - Members' protocol on gifts and hospitality
- Part 5 of the Constitution - Members' allowance scheme
- Part 5 of the Constitution - Members' Parental Leave Scheme
- Part 5 of the Constitution - Protocol on decisions to be taken by Executive Members
- Part 5 of the Constitution - Petition Scheme
Who does what?
Part 3 of the Constitution describes which powers and duties are exercised by the full Council, Council bodies and the Council’s Cabinet and the remit of the Scrutiny Committees.
Officers of the Council (that is, Council employees) may make decisions on behalf of the Council, Council bodies and the Council’s Cabinet under what is called the “scheme of delegation”. This is also set out in Part 3.
The law allows Members of the Cabinet to make decisions on behalf of the Council.
- Introduction
- The functions of full Council
- Local choice functions
- Full Council functions of a regulatory nature (non-Cabinet functions)
- Appeals Committee
- Appointments Committee
- Constitution Committee
- Pensions Committee
- Pensions Board
- Planning Committee
- Council regulatory function
- Safety and Licensing Committee
- Commons and Rights of Way Committee
- Traffic Regulation Committee
- Audit and Governance Committee
- Scrutiny Committee
- Health and Wellbeing Board
- Gloucestershire Police and Crime Panel
- Responsibility for executive functions
- Scheme of delegation
- Joint arrangements
- Policy on distribution of functions
Page updated:
01/02/2023