CHILTERN DISTRICT COUNCIL
 

 
 

MINUTES of the Meeting of the STANDARDS COMMITTEE
 

 
 

held on 7 May 2002
 

 
 

 
 

PRESENT:

Councillor

I T Gomm

- Chairman

 

      "

Mrs L M Smith

 

- Vice-Chairman

 

Councillor

Miss P A Appleby

 

 

      "

P T Priestley

 

 

 

 

 

 

Town/Parish Representatives

 

 

Councillor

F Nolan

 

 

      "

E Newhouse

 

 

 

 

 

Independent Members

 

 

Duncan Backhouse

 

 

 

Mrs Carolyn Langley

 

 
 

 
 

      
 

 

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE: No apologies for absence were received.

 
 

 
 

 
 

6.     TRAINING
 

 
 

Prior to the meeting there was a training session for the Standards Committee. The Head of Legal Services gave a presentation on the ethical requirements of the Code of Conduct for Elected and Co-opted Members of Chiltern District Council, with particular emphasis on registration and declaration of interests, and the treatment of gifts and hospitality.
 

 
 

 
 

7.

MINUTES
 

 
 

The Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 24 April 2002, copies of which had been previously circulated, were signed by the Chairman as a correct record.
 

 
 

 
 

8.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
 

 
 

     There were no declarations of interest made.
 

 
 

 
 

9.     DISPENSATION POWERS
 

 
 

The Committee was presented with a report by the Head of Legal Services advising them of the powers given to the Standards Committee to grant dispensations to members to permit speaking and/or voting at meetings in certain circumstances.
 

 
 

Members were also informed that under Regulation 4 of the Dispensation Regulations, the Committee was obliged to ensure that the existence, duration and nature of any dispensation granted was recorded in writing and kept with the relevant Register of Members Interests established and maintained by the Monitoring Officer.
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

RESOLVED -  
 

 
 

1.

That the report be noted.

 

2.

That the Head of Legal Services in his capacity as the Monitoring Officer be made responsible for recording the existence, duration and nature of any dispensation granted by the Standards Committee and placing a copy of such record on the relevant Register of Members Interests.
 

 
 

      
 

The meeting ended at 6.28p.m.