Committee details

Membership 

Terms of Reference / Areas of Responsibility

Five ‘Independent’ (Lay) Members

Four Councillors (The Cabinet Leader cannot be a member and no more than one member of the Cabinet can be on this Committee).

In relation to the County Councillors in Powys:

·       promoting and maintaining high standards of conduct by Members (including church and parent governor representatives);

·       assisting Members (including church and parent governor representatives) to observe the Members’ Code of Conduct;

·       advising the Council on the adoption or revision of the Members’ Code of Conduct;

·       monitoring the operation of the Members’ Code of Conduct;

·       advising on training or arranging to train Councillors, co-opted members and church and parent governor representatives on matters relating to the Members’ Code of Conduct;

·       granting dispensations to councillors, co-opted members and church and parent governor representatives from requirements relating to interests set out in the Members’ Code of Conduct;

·       dealing with any reports from a case tribunal or interim case tribunal, and any report from the Monitoring Officer on any matter referred to that officer by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales;

·       overseeing the Council’s whistle-blowing regime;

·       providing advice to individual Councillors on such issues as the treatment of personal interest and on conduct matters generally;

·       determining appropriate action on matters referred to it by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales;

·       overseeing the Register of Interest of Members, Co-opted members and Church and Parent Governor Representatives and Officers;

·       overseeing the Council’s rules and protocols on accountability of members;

·       overseeing the attendance of Members and Co-opted Members at relevant meetings;

·       monitor the training of Members serving on Member Bodies.