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Report by the Director of Law and Assurance.

The Committee is asked to recommend to the County Council that a delegation be agreed for the non-Executive committees to give them the power to delegate a function to another local authority.

42.1   The Committee considered a report by the Director of Law and Assurance which proposed that it recommend to the County Council that a delegation be agreed for the non-Executive committees to be given the power to delegate a function to another local authority (copy appended to the signed minutes).

42.2   The Director of Law and Assurance proposed that the appropriate delegations should be included in the terms of reference of the non-Executive committees in the Scheme of Delegation.  It was noted that, although it was unlikely that some of those committees would ever need to use the power, for the sake of consistency, it was recommended that they all have the option.

42.3   The Committee requested that the power should be exercised only on the recommendation of the Director of Law and Assurance.

42.4  Resolved – That the County Council be recommended that the terms of reference of the Governance, Standards, Planning, Rights of Way and Regulation, Audit and Accounts Committees be amended to include the following:

‘To delegate powers, when appropriate and on the recommendation of the Director of Law and Assurance, to another local authority including a borough or district council and to be able, subsequently, to review, amend or withdraw that delegation.’