Standards and Governance Committee

Hearings Panel

1. Membership

Councillors
	Councillors Names								Political Group
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Total Membership						Quorum – (TBC) including one Independent
Con and Ind		Lib Dem and Lib	NY Ind	Labour	Ind		Green Party	Total

2. Substitute Members

Conservatives and Independents		North Yorkshire Independents
	Councillors Names		Councillors Names
1		1
2		2
Labour		Liberal Democrats and Liberal
	Councillors Names		Councillor Names
1		1
2		2
Green Party
1	Councillors Names
2

NOTE – The appointments to this Panel are made by the Standards and Governance Committee. When the Panel is considering a complaint that a parish/town council Member has breached a parish/town council’s code of conduct for Members, the Panel must contain a parish council representative selected from a pool of parish/town council representatives who have received appropriate training.

Terms of Reference

· To undertake all functions of the Standards and Governance Committee, in consultation with the Independent Person for standards, in relation to the consideration of complaint investigation reports and the holding of complaint determination hearings regarding matters referred by the Monitoring Officer, including (but not limited to) the making of findings and the imposition of sanctions (if appropriate) in respect of complaints that Members have breached the relevant Code of Conduct for Members, as set out in the Localism Act 2011 as amended and associated legislation.