Responsibility for Functions Exercised only by the County Council

1.01 Article 4 in Part 2 of the Constitution sets out the functions which may only be exercised by the Council.   

1.02 Council functions shall include those functions shown in Table 2 as Council functions.

Cabinet Responsibilities and Functions

1.03    Article 7 in Part 2 of the Constitution provides that the Cabinet will carry out all of the County Council’s functions which are not the responsibility of any other part of the County Council, whether by law or under this Constitution. The executive functions which are the responsibility of the Leader and delegated by the Leader to the Cabinet are set out in Table 1 attached.

1.04    The Leader has delegated certain executive powers to individual Cabinet members. Details are set out in Table 3.

1.05    Executive functions shall include those functions shown in Table 2 as executive functions.

1.06    The Leader has delegated certain executive powers to the Chief Executive, Directors and other officers. These, together with the powers delegated by the Council to the Chief Executive, Directors and other officers are set out in Table 6. Separate delegations to the Chief Executive, Directors and other officers in relation to contracts are set out in the Procurement Procedure Rules and in relation to financial matters in the Financial Procedure Rules.

Overview and Scrutiny Committee Responsibilities and Functions

1.07    Article 6 in Part 2 of the Constitution sets out the role and functions of the overview and scrutiny committees established by the County Council.

Responsibility for Council Functions

1.08    Article 8 in Part 2 of the Constitution enables the Council to appoint such committees as it considers appropriate to discharge functions which are not specifically the responsibility of the Cabinet, the overview and scrutiny committees or the Standards Committee. The County Council has appointed a Regulatory Committee with the role and functions set out in Table 4.

1.09    The County Council has also appointed the following committees to undertake the functions of the County Council listed in Table 5 attached which are not the responsibility of the Cabinet or to assist the Cabinet by advising it on issues which are its responsibility.

Standards Committee Responsibilities and Functions

1.10    Article 9 in Part 2 of the Constitution sets out the role and functions of the Standards Committee established by the County Council.

Joint Arrangements

1.11    Article 11 in Part 2 of the Constitution sets out details of joint member bodies established by the County Council.

Structure Chart

1.12    This is a structure chart showing how the various decision-making mechanisms of the County Council relate to each other.