Produced in partnership with Peter Keith-Lucas of Bevan Brittan 1 Introduction This Protocol describes the principal functions of the Monitoring Officer and the manner in...
Convention rights The Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) came into force in October 2000 and gives effect to the rights contained in the European Convention on Human Rights...
This Practice Note explains the powers available to deal with anti-social behaviour in an environmental context, in particular those introduced by the Anti-social...
Local authority external audits in England are unique in the way they operate. They are more legalistic than the audits of companies and they extend beyond the focus on...
The Auditor General for Wales is responsible for the audit of the accounts of local government bodies in Wales as part of their overall responsibilities for public...
Capital finance differs from revenue finance as revenue expenditure has to be met from current income whereas capital expenditure can be met by borrowing or capital...
Produced in partnership with Peter Keith-Lucas of Bevan Brittan 1 Introduction This Code of Conduct applies to you whenever you are acting in your capacity as a member of...
Chairing meetings If the chairman of a local authority meeting (also referred to as the mayor or maer in a city or borough council where there is no directly elected...
Any consultation exercise carried out by a public authority in relation to a proposed decision must be conducted at a time when proposals are at a sufficiently formative...
Produced in partnership with Michael Winder of Brabners LLP Definitions Partner(s) means EITHER: [the following: [NAME RELEVANT PARTNERS] OR those [TYPE OF GROUP, eg...
Produced in partnership with Michael Winder of Brabners LLP Definition Partner means [the following: [NAME RELEVANT PARTNERS] OR those [describe group of contracting...
Councillors require a great deal of information in order to exercise proper management of the local authority (LA). It is sometimes difficult to know what information...
What is Council tax and what is its purpose? The council tax was introduced as the primary source of collecting income from local residents by local authorities in...
Council tax was introduced as the primary source of collecting income from local residents by local authorities in England on 1 April 1993. The legislation also covers...
ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note provides information on the data protection regime before 25 May 2018 and reflects the position under the Data Protection Act 1998...
The Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) imposes a duty on all public authorities in the UK to act in a manner that is compatible with rights under the European Convention on...
Discussion of employment issues in local government fall into three areas: • normal employment law issues, such as those concerning discrimination, fair or unfair...
The fluency duty With effect from 21 November 2016 there is a statutory requirement for workers in customer-facing roles in public authorities to be fluent in the English...
ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note provides information on the data protection regime before 25 May 2018 and reflects the position under the Data Protection Act 1998...
Local authorities have complex financial arrangements, allocating resources and controlling spending across a wide range of services and managing diverse sources of...
The freedom of information regime in the UK came fully into force in 2005, and is governed by the following key pieces of legislation: • Freedom of Information Act 2000...
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FIA 2000) confers a general right of access to information that is held by a public authority. By virtue of this right, any person...
The freedom of information regime in the United Kingdom is governed by the following key pieces of legislation: • Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FIA 2000) • Freedom of...
Local authority is a creature of statute As Lord Templeman famously indicated in Hazell v Hammersmith and Fulham LBC [1991] 1 All ER 545, a ‘local authority, although...
This Practice Note relates only to England; the legislation is different in Wales. Every local authority must designate one of its officers as the Monitoring Officer and...
This Practice Note covers the local authority housing revenue account (HRA) in England. Technically the HRA legislation embraces only local housing authorities (LHAs) as...