Part 3 - Responsibility for functions
Below are the responsibility for functions.
- Introduction
- Section 1 - The function of the Full Council
- Section 2 - Local choice functions
- Section 3 - Full Council functions of a regulatory nature (non-cabinet functions)
- 3.1 - Appeals committee
- 3.2 - Appointments committee
- 3.3 - Constitution committee
- 3.4 - Pensions committee
- 3.5 - Pensions board
- 3.6 - Planning Committee
- Council Regulatory Functions
- 3.7 - Safety and Licensing committee
- 3.8 - Commons and Rights of Way committee
- 3.9 - Traffic Regulation committee
- 3.10 - Audit and Governance committee
- 3.11 - Scrutiny committees
- 3.12 - Health and Wellbeing Board
- 3.13 - Gloucestershire Police and Crime Panel
- Section 4 - Responsibility for Executive functions
- Section 5 - Scheme of delegation
- Section 6 - Joint arrangements
- Section 7 - General statement of policy
The full Council has responsibility for making decisions in respect of each of the functions that are set out in Table 3.1.
Table 3.1: The functions of the full Council
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(a) |
Adopting and changing the Constitution. |
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(b) |
Approving or adopting or making material change to the Policy Framework and the budget. |
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(c) |
Making decisions about any matter in the discharge of a Cabinet function, which is covered by the Policy Framework or the budget where the Cabinet is minded to make it in a manner, which would be contrary to, or not wholly in accordance with, the Policy Framework or the budget. |
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(d) |
Appointing and removing the Leader. |
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(e) |
Appointing the Chairs and Vice-chairs of the Scrutiny Committees. |
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(f) |
Determining and amending the terms of reference of committees established by the full Council, determining their composition and making appointments to them. |
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(g) |
Appointing representatives to outside bodies unless the appointment is a Cabinet function or has been delegated by the full Council to another Council body or an Officer. |
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(h) |
Adopting a Members’ Allowances Scheme under Article 2. |
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(i) |
Changing the name of the area. |
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(j) |
Conferring the title of Honorary Alderman. |
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(k) |
Confirming the appointment of the Head of Paid Service. |
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(l) |
Approving the dismissal of the Head of Paid Service, the Monitoring Officer or the Chief Finance Officer |
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(m) |
Arranging for the exercise of those local choice functions set out in Section 2 of this part of the Constitution, which the full Council decides should be undertaken by itself rather than the Cabinet. |
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(n) |
Making, amending, revoking or re-enacting or adopting byelaws and promoting or opposing the making of local legislation or personal Bills in Parliament. |
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(o) |
Making the decision described in Article 11.02 of this Constitution on joint arrangements. |
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(p) |
All other matters, which by law, must be reserved to full Council. |