Part 4 - Call-in procedure rules
Below are the call-in procedure rules.
- 1 - Scope
- 2 - Publication of Cabinet decisions and implementation
- 3 - Grounds for call-in
- 4 - Call-in procedure
- 5 - Call-in and deferring implementation
- 6 - Consideration by the relevant Scrutiny Committee
- 7 - Action by the relevant Scrutiny Committee
- 8 - Action by the Cabinet, Leader of the Council or Cabinet Member
- 9 - Response to the relevant Scrutiny Committee
- 10 - Call-in of urgent decisions and urgent implementation
- 11 - Call-in of decisions outside the Policy Framework and budge
- 12 - Call-in template
6.1 Decisions called-in will be placed on the agenda for the next available meeting of the relevant Scrutiny Committee.
6.2 In exceptional circumstances, an earlier meeting of the relevant Scrutiny Committee (if necessary) can be called by the Chief Executive in consultation with the Chair of the Scrutiny Committee and the Leader of the Council or relevant Cabinet Member as appropriate.
6.3 In the event a call-in is withdrawn in accordance with Scrutiny Procedure Rule 5.1, it will not be placed on the agenda of the relevant Scrutiny Committee or, if that has already occurred, it will not be considered.
6.4 If the Leader of the Council or Cabinet Member as appropriate has, at least three days before the meeting, sent to members of the relevant Scrutiny Committee a report responding to the call-in, they shall be entitled to address the Scrutiny Committee. In the absence of such a report, the Leader of the Council or Cabinet Member as appropriate may address the Scrutiny Committee if the Chair agrees.