Article 11 - Joint Arrangements

11.01  Arrangements to promote wellbeing

Subject to statutory limitations, the Council has power to do anything that individuals generally may do including:

(a) power to do it anywhere in the United Kingdom or elsewhere;

(b) power to do it for a commercial purpose or otherwise for a charge, or without charge; and

(c) power to do it for, or otherwise than for, the benefit of the authority, its area or persons resident or present in its area.

11.02  Joint arrangements

(a)        The Council may establish joint arrangements with one or more local authorities and/or their Executives to exercise functions which are not executive functions in any of the participating authorities, or advise the Council.  Such arrangements may involve the appointment of a joint committee with these other local authorities and any Councillor may be appointed to such a joint committee.

(b)        The Executive may establish joint arrangements with one or more local authorities to exercise functions which are executive functions. Such arrangements may involve the appointment of joint committees with these other local authorities, and only Executive Members may be appointed to such a joint committee.

(c)        Details of any joint arrangements including any delegations to joint committees will be found in the Council’s scheme of delegations in Part 3 of this Constitution.

11.03  Access to information

The Access to Information Rules in Part VA of the Local Government Act 1972 will apply to joint committees established under this Article.

11.04  Delegation to and from other local authorities

(a)        The Council may delegate non-executive functions to another local authority or, in certain circumstances, the Executive of another local authority.

(b)        The Executive may delegate executive functions to another local authority or the Executive of another local authority in certain circumstances.

(c)        The decision whether or not to accept such a delegation from another local authority shall be reserved to the Council meeting.

11.05  Contracting Out

The Council (for non-executive functions) and the Executive (for executive functions) may contract out to another body or organisation functions which may be exercised by an Officer and which are subject to an order under section 70 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, or under contracting arrangements where the other body or organisation acts as the Council’s contractor or agent under usual contacting principles, provided there is no delegation of the Council’s discretionary decision making.