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Thurrock Council Constitution

Thurrock Council Constitution - 27/03/2013 onwards

The Constitution sets out the rules of the Council. It contains important information on procedures and processes from dealing with petitions to rules of conduct for council employees and councillors. Thurrock Council's Constitution can be found below, divided into its various parts. Note: all documents linked below are PDF files - please see how to access PDF files.

FULL Constitution (PDF 3.5MB)

• Contents (PDF 91.3kB)
• Chapter 1 - The Constitution (PDF 258.2kB)
  • Part 1 - Summary (PDF 49kB)
  • Part 2 - The Articles of The Constitution
    • Article 1 - The Constitution (PDF 50kB)
    • Article 2 - Members of the Council (PDF 43.3kB)
    • Article 3 - Residents and the Council (PDF 154.9kB)
    • Article 12 - Officers (PDF 57.5kB)
    • Article 13 - Decision Making and allocation of functions between the Council and Executive (PDF 48kB)
    • Article 15 - Review and Revision of the Constitution (PDF 35.1kB)
    • Article 16 - Suspension, Interpretation and Publication of the Constitution (PDF 32.3kB)
• Chapter 2 - The Full Council (PDF 205.3kB)
  • Part 1 - The Full Council
    • Article 4 - The Council (PDF 39.2kB)
    • Article 5 - The Mayor and the Chair of the Council (PDF 33.4kB)
  • Part 2 - Council Procedure and Rules (PDF 171.3kB)
  • Part 3 - Responsibility for Council Functions (PDF 43.9kB)
• Chapter 3 - The Leader / Cabinet Executive (PDF 188.9kB)
  • Part 1 - The Leader / Cabinet Executive
    • Article 7 - The Leader / Cabinet Executive (PDF 46.5kB)
  • Part 2 - Leader / Cabinet Procedure Rules (PDF 96.8kB)
  • Part 3 - Budget and Policy Framework Procedure Rules (PDF 51.6kB)
  • Part 4 - Functions which the Leader has allocated to the Cabinet, Cabinet Committees or Individual Cabinet Members (PDF 86.6kB)
• Chapter 4 - Overview and Scrutiny (PDF 171.1kB)
  • Part 1
    • Article 6 - Overview and Scrutiny (PDF 56.5kB)
  • Part 2 - Terms of Reference of Overview and Scrutiny Committees (PDF 69kB)
  • Part 3 - Scrutiny Procedure Rules (PDF 102.3kB)
• Chapter 5 - Committees (PDF 300.9kB)
  • Part 1
    • Article 8 - Committees and Sub-Committees of Council (PDF 43.4kB)
  • Part 2 - Committee Procedure Rules (PDF 53.3kB)
  • Part 3 - Planning Committee (PDF 135.5kB)
  • Part 4 - Licensing Committee (PDF 87.1kB)
  • Part 5 - Terms of reference of other Committees (PDF 100kB)
• Chapter 6 - Scheme of Delegation to Officers (PDF 153.7kB)
  • Part 1 - Functions which are Delegated to Officers (PDF 98.1kB)
  • Part 2 - Statutory Functions which are allocated to Officers (PDF 83.9kB)
• Chapter 7 - Ethical Governance (PDF 311.6kB)
  • Part 1
    • Article 9 - The Standards Committee (PDF 46.2kB)
  • Part 2 - Procedure for making Complaints against a Councillor for breach of the Code of Conduct (PDF 102.8kB)
  • Part 3 - Members' Code of Conduct (PDF 101.4kB)
  • Part 4 - Officers' Code of Conduct (PDF 100.5kB)
  • Part 5 - Protocol for Member / Officer Relations (PDF 72.9kB)
  • Part 6 - Politically Restricted Posts (PDF 80.7kB)
• Chapter 8 - Access to Information Procedure Rules (PDF 101kB)
• Chapter 9 - Rules Codes and Protocols (PDF 330kB)
  • Part 1
    • Article 14 - Finance, Contracts and Legal Matters (PDF 30.9kB)
  • Part 2 - Contract Procedure Rules (PDF 107.4kB)
  • Part 3 - Finance Rules (PDF 211.6kB)
  • Part 4 - Indemnities for Members and Officers (PDF 45.9kB)
  • Part 5 - Protocol for audio recording of Council, Cabinet, Committee and Sub-Committee meetings (PDF 39.1kB)
• Chapter 10 - Officer Employment Procedure Rules (PDF 51.4kB)
• Chapter 11 - Member's Allowances (PDF 82.2kB)
• Chapter 12 - Partnership Arrangements and Outside Bodies (PDF 161.6kB)
  • Part 1 - Partnership Arrangements
    • Article 10 - Area Committees and Forums
      Article 11 - Joint Arrangements (PDF 70kB)
  • Part 2 - Outside Bodies (PDF 151.7kB)

Previous versions of the Constitution

• Thurrock Council Constitution 2012 - 26/09/2012 onwards (PDF 3.5MB)
• Thurrock Council Constitution 2012 - 01/04/2012 onwards (PDF 3.8MB)
• Thurrock Council Constitution 2012 - 20/02/2012 onwards (PDF 3.1MB)
• Letter from the Chief Executive, re: the Council's Constitution (v6.2), 17 October 2011 (PDF 33.8kB)
• Thurrock Council Constitution 2011 - 01/06/2011 onwards (PDF 3.8MB)
• Thurrock Council Constitution 2011 - 01/04/2011 onwards (PDF 3.8MB)
• Thurrock Council Constitution 2010 - 25/10/2010 onwards (PDF 2.9MB)
• Thurrock Council Constitution 2010 - 17/06/2010 onwards (PDF 3.3MB)
• Thurrock Council Constitution 2010 - 01/04/2010 onwards (PDF 3.1MB)
• Thurrock Council Constitution 2009 - 13/05/2009 onwards (PDF 3MB)
• Thurrock Council Constitution 2008 - 21/05/2008 onwards (PDF 1.6MB)
• Thurrock Council Constitution 2008 - 16/05/2008 onwards (PDF 999.2kB)
• Thurrock Council Constitution 2007 - 27/06/2007 onwards (PDF 989.2kB)
• Thurrock Council Constitution 2006 - 11/07/2006 onwards (PDF 1MB)
• Thurrock Council Constitution 2006 - 29/03/2006 onwards (PDF 569.4kB)
• Thurrock Council Constitution 2005 (PDF 973.6kB)
• Thurrock Council Constitution 2004 (PDF 827.7kB)

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