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Ethics Committee
Wednesday, 6th September, 2017

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Date:
Wednesday 6th September 2017
Time:
6:30pm
Place:
Room F5, the Town Hall, Katharine Street, Croydon CR0 1NX
 
Invitees:

Councillor Oliver Lewis (Chair)

Councillor Joy Prince (Vice Chair)

Councillors: Pat Clouder, Mario Creatura, Maggie Mansell and Donald Speakman

 

Mr Ashok Kumar - Independent Person (Non-Voting)

Mrs Anne Smith - Independent Person (Non-Voting)

 

Reserve Members:  Councillors Patricia Hay-Justice, Steve Hollands, Karen Jewitt, Dudley Mead, Andrew Rendle and Wayne Trakas-Lawlor

Contact:
Victoria Lower
Position:
Members Services Manager
Tel No:
020 8726 6000 Ext.14773
 
Members of the public are welcome to attend this meeting. If you require any assistance, please contact Victoria Lower, as detailed above.

ItemDescription
AGENDA - PART A
1. Apologies for absence

2. Minutes
To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 1 February 2017 as an accurate record.

3. Disclosure of Interest
In accordance with the Council's Code of Conduct and the statutory provisions of the Localism Act, Members and co-opted Members of the Council are reminded that it is a requirement to register disclosable pecuniary interests (DPIs) and gifts and hospitality to the value of which exceeds £50 or multiple gifts and/or instances of hospitality with a cumulative value of £50 or more when received from a single donor within a rolling twelve month period. In addition, Members and co-opted Members are reminded that unless their disclosable pecuniary interest is registered on the register of interests or is the subject of a pending notification to the Monitoring Officer, they are required to disclose those disclosable pecuniary interests at the meeting. This should be done by completing the Disclosure of Interest form and handing it to the Democratic Services representative at the start of the meeting. The Chair will then invite Members to make their disclosure orally at the commencement of Agenda item 3. Completed disclosure forms will be provided to the Monitoring Officer for inclusion on the Register of Members' Interests.

4. Urgent Business (if any)
To receive notice from the Chair of any business not on the Agenda which should, in the opinion of the Chair, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency

5. Exempt Items
To confirm the allocation of business between Part A and Part B of the Agenda

6. Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 - April 2017 Inspection of the Council by the Office of Surveillance Commissioners
To receive the report of the Director of Law detailing the findings of the recent Office of the Surveillance Commissioner (OSC) Inspection, which documents the Council's use of the powers available under Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) since the last inspection.

7. Recent Case Law Update
To receive the report of the Director of Law detailing a recent Judicial Review of a local authority decision to investigate a Member and implications arising from that decision.

8. Members' Dispensations
To receive the report of the Director of Law on Members' dispensations for consideration, if any are received.

9. Draft Work Programme for 2017/18
To consider a draft work programme for the Committee for the 2017/18 Municipal Year.

10. Exclusion of the Press & Public
The following motion is to be moved and seconded as the "camera resolution" where it is proposed to move into part B of a meeting:
"That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information falling within those paragraphs indicated in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended"

AGENDA - PART B
B1. Minutes
To approve the Part B minutes of the meeting held on 1 February 2017 as an accurate record.

(Exempt under paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended)

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B2. Members' Dispensations
To receive the report of the Director of Law on Members' dispensations for consideration, if any are received.

The next meeting is scheduled for 6:30pm on Wednesday, 15th November 2017 in Room F10, the Town Hall, Katharine Street, Croydon CR0 1NX

Issue Date:- 29 August 2017 at 17:10