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Information about Staffordshire County Council Constitution

The Constitution was revised at the Annual Council meeting on 20 May 2010 into a new structure based on Sections. When the constitution is amended, a new version will be published.

The current version of the constitution has 14 Sections and was last updated on 23 July 2024

Date	Section Changed	Amendment/Update	Authority for Change
23 July 2024	Section 7 – Overview and Scrutiny Committees	Amended paragraph 16.3	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
21 June 2024	Section 3 – Members of the County Council (Appendix 4 – Members Allowances Scheme)	Amendment on rules regarding use of toll roads by elected members	Changes agreed at County Council on 16 May 2024
21 June 2024	Section 3 – Members of the County Council (Appendix 4a – The County Council's Scheme for the Payment of Members' Basic, Special Responsibility and Other Allowances)	Updated allowances for 2024/25	Changes agreed at County Council on 16 May 2024
	Section 6 – The Cabinet (Appendix 1 – Cabinet Member Portfolios)	Updated role descriptions for the Cabinet Member for Strategic Highways, Finance and Resources, Cabinet Support Members for Highways (Operations North / South). Removal of the Cabinet Member for Commercial Matters portfolio.	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
	Section 7 – Overview and Scrutiny Committees	Refresh of information following adoption of changes to two Overview and Scrutiny Committees	Changes agreed at County Council on 16 May 2024
	Section 10	Refreshed Scheme of Delegation	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
23 April 2024	Section 6 – The Cabinet (Appendix 1 – Cabinet Member Portfolios)	Removal of references to the LEP from Leader and Deputy Leader Portfolios	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
	Section 9 – Joint Arrangements	Addition of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Joint Coroners Committee, and the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Joint Enterprise Delivery Committee
		Amendment to the title of the Cannock Chase AONB Joint Committee, now referencing National Landscapes
		Revision of the Staffordshire Health and Wellbeing Board Terms of Reference as agreed at their Board meeting in December 2023
		Removal of the Joint Waste Management Board due to its cessation in 2022
18 April 2024	Section 14 – Procurement Regulations	Revised Procurement Regulations as per version control	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
22 February 2024	Section 3 – Members of the County Council	Updates to Appendix 3 – Guidance on Member / Officer Relations	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution, approved by Audit and Standards Committee on 20 February 2024
	Section 5 – The Full Council	Addition of a bullet point under Paragraph 2.4 regarding special severance payments
	Section 10 – Officers	Revised Appendix 1 – Table 6 (Delegations to the Director of Health and Care, addition of Delegation 21)
	Section 10 – Officers	Addition of bullet point under paragraph 1.4, referencing the Director of Finance	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
21 December 2023	Section 14 – Procurement Regulations	Revised Procurement Regulations as per version control	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
19 December 2023	Section 8 – Other Committees	Amendment to Paragraphs 6.3 and 6.5.1 of the Pensions Board.	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
11 December 2023	Section 10 – Officers	Amendment to Appendix 1 – Table 4 (insertion of a new bullet point under delegation 26) Amendment to Appendix 5 – Organisation Structure. Updated Chief Executive.	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
20 November 2023	Section 11 – Procedural Standing Orders	Amendment to Paragraph 5.1, Ordinary Meetings	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
10 November 2023	Section 10 – Officers	Appendix 1 – Table 4 (Scheme of Delegation – Delegations to the Director for Economy, Infrastructure and Skills)	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
31 October 2023	Section 8 – Other Committees	Revised version of the Audit and Standards Committee Terms of Reference	Changes approved by Council at their meeting on 12 October 2023
27 October 2023	Section 10 – Officers	Appendix 1 – Table 3 (Scheme of Delegation – Delegations to the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services) – amendment to delegation 27	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
16 October 2023	Section 10 – Officers	Appendix 1 – Table 3 (Scheme of Delegation – Delegations to the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services) – Addition of delegation 34	Changes approved by Council at their meeting on 12 October 2023
16 August 2023	Section 9 – Joint Arrangements	Appendix 1 - Updated Terms of Reference for the Staffordshire Leaders Board	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
24 July 2023	Section 6 Section 10	Updates to Property Sub-Committee Terms of Reference and Schedule of Decision Making Levels – Appendices 2 and 2a Update to Appendix 1, Table 3	Property Sub-Committee – 19^th July 2023 Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
31 May 2023	Section 6	Updated Appendix 1 – Addition of Cabinet Support Member for Highways Portfolio Appendix 4 – Staffordshire Leaders Board moved to Section 9 Appendix 5 – The Shadow Cabinet renamed to Appendix 4	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
	Section 7	Addition of Paragraph 3.3.2 relating to the Joint Code of Working	Approved by Council at their meeting on 18 May 2023
	Section 9	Addition of Appendix 1 – Staffordshire Leaders Board, previously part of Section 6	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
22 May 2023	Section 6	Amendment to Paragraph 6.1 – addition of a Cabinet Support Member for Highways	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
11 April 2023	Section 3 – Appendix 4a	Addition of Paragraph 10.1.1	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
03 April 2023	Section 3 – Appendix 4a	Addition of Paragraph 6.6	Approved by Council at their meeting on 16 March 2023
03 April 2023	Section 3 – Appendix 4a	Updated allowances tables	Approved by Council at their meeting on 16 March 2023
06 March 2023	Section 10	Change to job title in paragraph 2.14	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
09 January 2023	Section 10 – Appendix 1	Created new Table 7 for Director of Finance	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
	Section 10 – Appendix 1	Removed Table 3a – County Treasurer, replaced 3b for 3a.
	Throughout	Updated references to County Treasurer to Director of Finance
08 November 2022	Section 6 – Appendix 1	Addition to Strategic Responsibilities for Leader of the Council	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
07 October 2022	Section 6 – Appendix 1	Addition to Role Purpose for Leader of the Council	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
11 August 2022	Section 10	Updated Scheme of Delegation to Officers	Changes by the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
	Section 14	Updated Procurement Regulations
	Throughout	Changed references of ‘Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Families and Communities’ to ‘Director for Children and Families’ and ‘Director for Corporate Services’ to ‘Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Corporate Services’
	Section 9	Changes to the Health and Wellbeing Board arrangements	Approved by Council at their meeting on 21 July 2022
19 May 2022	Section 14	Update to Change History, Para 12.1, 12.2, Heading D17 and Para D17.1	Changes by the Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
14 April 2022	Section 8 Paragraph 3.4	Inclusion of bullet point in Countryside and Rights of Way Panel responsibilities	Changes by the Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
	Section 10 Appendix 1, Table 5	Addition of delegation no. 42
	Section 10 Appendix 1, Table 6	Addition of Authority to write off Care Debts
5 April 2022	Various	Updates following working group	Approved by Council at their meeting on 17 March 2022
5 April 2022	Various	Format refresh	Approved by Council at their meeting on 17 March 2022
25 January 2022	Section 10 Table 4	Updates re temporary closure notices	Changes by the Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
26 February 2021	Section 8, point 4.3	Change of post title as required in a recommendation of internal Audit Review	Changes by the Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
7 January 2021	Section 14	Changes to Procurement regulations to reflect the changes required following the replacement of references to EU requirements with appropriate alternative UK provisions	Changes by the Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
14 December 2020	Section 3 Appendix 3	Update to Annex 1 Para 4.3 to reflect the Parental Leave Policy	County Council 10 December 2020
14 December 2020	Appendix 4 and 5	Inclusion of Parental Leave Policy	County Council 10 December 2020
16 October 2020	Section 3 Appendix 3	Addition of SRA to Vice Chair of Corporate Parenting Panel	Changes by the Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
16 October 2020	Section 11 Appendix 1 Table 6	Addition to Paragraph 35a to refer to Commons Act 2006	Changes by the Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
31 July 2020	Section 6, 7, 8, 12 and 13.	Section 6- Update to Cabinet Member Portfolios	Changes by the Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
31 July 2020	Section 6, 7, 8, 12 and 13.	Sections 7,8, 12 and 13 – addition of Appendices relating to temporary amendments in line with Coronavirus Regulations 2020	County Council 23 July 2020
08 July 2020	Section 10	Cannock Chase AONB Joint Committee information reinstated	Changes by the Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
06 July 2020	Section 3 Members Allowance Scheme	Scheme updated in line with recommendations of IRP	County Council - 19 March 2020
25 February 2020	Section 11 Officers Code of Conduct	Addition of new Paragraph 3.5 Registration of gifts and hospitality	Changes by the Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
9 January 2020	Section 3 Members’ Code of Conduct	Addition of new paragraph under General Undertaking on the Use of social media	County Council – 19 December 2019
13 November 2019	Section 6 Paragraph 6.2	All Party Member Groups now All Party Working Groups and Cabinet Support Members reduced from 4 to 2.	Changes by the Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
	Section 6 TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR BOARDS	Strategic Property Board removed
	Section 6 Property Sub Committee	Change of Title to Director for Corporate Services
8 July 2019	Table 3 Paragraph 15	Replacement of the Staffordshire Local Community Fund with the new People Helping People Fund	Changes by the Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
23 May 2019	Section 3	Members Allowances Scheme – change to the number of Cabinet Support Members	County Council – 23 May 2019
24 April 2019	Section 11	Update to Table 5 Paragraph 1	Changes by the Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
24 April 2019	Section 11	Addition to Table 6 of Paragraph 35(a)
12 March 2019	Section 8	Update to Paragraph 3.2 Functions and Responsibilities	Correction of an administrative error
14 January 2019	Section 11	The deletion of Table 4 – delegations shared between Director for Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer (Section 151 Officer)	Changes by the Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
14 January 2019	All Sections	Replacing all instances of Director of Strategy, Governance and Change with Director for Corporate Services
8 January 2019	Section 11	The addition of a new table 3A Delegations to the Chief Financial Officer (Section 151 Officer)	Changes by the Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
12 December 2018	Section 11	Update to the Whistleblowing Contact Officers	Changes by the Director for Corporate Services in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
	Section 11 Table 6	Changes to delegations for the Safety of Sports Grounds with the addition of paragraphs 42(a) and 42(b)
	Section 8	Paragraph 3 – 3.2 Changes to the Audit Committee Terms of Reference	County Council – 13 December 2018
	Section 9	The deletion of All Party Member Groups and the insertion of All Party Working Groups	County Council – 13 December 2018
11 October 2018	Section 14	Changes to Financial Procedure Rules	County Council 11 October 2018
4 September 2018	Section 6	Changes to the membership of the Property Sub-Committee	Changes by the Director of Strategy, Governance and Change in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
25 May 2018	Section 6	Changes to Cabinet Member Portfolios	County Council 25 May 2018
	Section 7	District/Borough Council substitute members update	County Council 25 May 2018
	Section 8	Countryside and Rights of Way Panel addition of substitutes for Section 53 items	Changes by the Director of Strategy, Governance and Change in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
	Section 10	Addition of Joint Health Scrutiny Committee for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent	County Council 25 May 2018
	Section 12	Changes to the membership of Healthy Staffordshire Select Committee	County Council 25 May 2018
	Section 14	Revision to the Procurement Regulations	20 July 2017 Minute No. 29 Changes by the Director of Strategy, Governance and Change in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
12 April 2018	Section 3 Appendix 1	Members’ Allowances Scheme	County Council 22 March 2018 Minute No. 74 (b)
12 April 2018	Section 11	Table 5 Changes to the delegations to the Director of Economy, Infrastructure and Skills	Changes by the Director of Strategy, Governance and Change in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
17 January 2018	Section 14	New Procurement Regulations	County Council
18 December 2017	Section 6	Updated to include the Property Sub-Committee	County Council 14 December 2017
18 December 2017	Section 11 Tables 4 and 7	Update of delegations to the Director of Finance and Director of Economy, Infrastructure and Skills
4 September 2017	Section 6 Cabinet Member Portfolios	Changes to Cabinet Member Portfolios	Changes by the Director of Strategy, Governance and Change in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
22 August 2017	Section 11 Table 6	Changes to the Families and Communities Scheme of Delegation No’s 35 and 36	Changes by the Director of Strategy, Governance and Change in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
15 June 2017	Section 3	Update to the Members Allowances Scheme	County Council 25 May 2017
	Section 6	Update to Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet
	Section 9	Update to All Party Member Groups
	Section 12	Update to Procedural Standing Orders
10 April 2017	Section 8	Update to Pensions	County Council 23 March 2017
16 February 2017	Section 11 Appendix 3	Change to the Officer Employment Rules	County Council 16 February 2017
1 February 2017	Section 11 Integrity Policy	Change to the Integrity Policy	Changes by the Director of Strategy, Governance and Change in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
11 January 2017	Section 11 Paragraph 2.10	Change to the designation of the Scrutiny Officer from Head of Democracy to Scrutiny and Support Officers	Changes by the Director of Strategy, Governance and Change in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
5 July 2016	Section 2 Paragraph 3.3	Update to the Pensions Board to accurately reflect the final version of the Terms of References	Changes by the Director of Strategy, Governance and Change in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
15 June 2016	Section 6	Update to the delegations of Cabinet Members	Changes by the Director of Strategy, Governance and Change in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
1 April 2016	Section 3, Appendix 3	Changes to the scheme of payment of members allowances – deletion of the payment of telephone and broadband line rental.	County Council 17 March 2016
28 January 2016	Sections 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 1,12,13,14,	Senior Leadership titles updated as agreed by Cabinet on 16 September 2015.	Changes by the Director of Strategy, Governance and Change in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
	Section 10	Joint Arrangements updated to record a number of joint arrangements have been discontinued.
	Section 11	Updates to the scheme of delegation following changes to the Senior Management Team.
10 December 2015	Section 6	Update to the delegations of the Cabinet Member for Economy, Environment and Transport	County Council 10 December 2015
9 December 2015	Section 6	Update to the delegations of the Deputy Leader authorisation of projects relating to the Penda Property Partnership	Changes by the Director of Transformation, Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution and in accordance with a decision of Cabinet on 15 July (Minute No. 14)
8 October 2015	Sections 6 and 11	Update to delegations to the Leader and Chief Executive re appointment of Directors and shareholders of companies	County Council 8 October 2015
6 October 2015	Section 6	Addition of new paragraph 5. Lead Member for Children’s Services	Changes by the Director of Transformation, Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
7 September 2015	Section 9 and 15	Minor changes to officer delegations	Changes by the Director of Transformation, Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
27 August 2015	Section 11 Table 5	Deletion of paragraph 48(a) which was a duplication of a delegated authority to the Director of Democracy, Law and Transformation.	Changes by the Director of Transformation, Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
23 July 2015	Section 8 Paragraph 2.1	Addition of authority to determine local members objections to traffic regulation orders	County Council 23 July 2015
19 June 2015	Section 8 Paragraph 4.5.1	Increase in the number of Employer and Employee representatives from two to three	Changes by the Director of Transformation, Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
1 May 2015	Section 11 Table 4 and Table 6	Table 6 Delegations to the Director of Director of Strategy and Customer Services (post currently vacant) have moved to Table 4 Delegations to the Director of Finance and Resources.	Changes by the Director of Transformation, Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
18 March 2015	Section 8 Paragraphs 4, 4.3 and new paragraph 4.5	New regulations to create Pensions Boards	County Council 18 March 2015
18 March 2015	Section 3 Appendix 3	Update to the Members’ Allowances Scheme	County Council 18 March 2015
31 January 2015	Section 12 Paragraph 2.2	New regulations issued formally authorising Summons for Council being issued electronically.	Changes by the Director of Transformation, Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
7 January 2015	Section 11 Table 5 Paragraph 39	Update to paragraph 39 to include previously omitted text.	Changes by the Director of Transformation, Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
7 January 2015	Section 6 Cabinet	The Cabinet Support Member for Health and Wellbeing position is currently vacant. All references in this portfolio to Mental Health have moved to the Cabinet Support Member for Social Care and Health whilst the post is vacant.
10 December 2014	Section 6 Cabinet	Amendment to the role of the Cabinet Support Member for Environment and Rural Issues to include the right to serve as a substitute member at all meetings of the Cannock Chase AONB Joint Committee	Changes by the Director of Transformation, Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
14 October 2014	Section 4 Citizens and the County Council	Update to include the right to record, report or film formal meetings	County Council 9 October 2014
	Section 12 Procedural Standing Orders	Update to include the rights of members of the public and press to film, record and report proceedings of any meetings
	Section 11 Officers	Updates changes in relation to the Common Seal
25 September2014	Section 3, Members Allowances Scheme	Update to the members mileage rate from 50p to 45p per mile from 1 September	County Council 17 July 2014
25 September2014	Section 6, Cabinet Portfolios	Changes to Cabinet Member Titles and Portfolios	Change notified by the Leader of the Council.
15 May 2014	Section 3, Members Code of Conduct	Update to Code of Conduct to include Members registering offers of gifts and hospitality and reference to the Council’s Planning Protocol	County Council 15 May 2014 (Both changes were recommended by the Audit and Standards Committee in March 2014)
15 May 2014	Section 12, Procedural Standing Orders	Amendment to include new requirement for named votes on the Council’s budget
19 March 2014	Section 3, Members’ Allowances Scheme	Update to Members’ Allowances Scheme	County Council 13 March 2014
12 December 2013	Section 3, Members’ Allowances Scheme	Increase in the number of Shadow Cabinet Members to six.	County Council 12 December 2013
20 November 2013	Section 3, Members’ Allowances Scheme	Appointment of new Cabinet Member for Care. Roles and Responsibilities of Cabinet Members updated.	Change notified by the Leader of the Council.
	Section 6, Cabinet Member Portfolios		Change notified by the Leader of the Council.
	Section 3 Members’ Allowances Scheme	Minor change to wording relating to the keeping of receipts.	Changes by the Director of Transformation, Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
10 October 2013	Section 8	Updated to add new Charities and Trust Committee. Link to County Council report authorising changes	County Council 10 October 2013
	Section 8	Change to paragraph 2.5.3. Link to County Council report authorising changes
	Section 12 Paragraph	Changes to quorum for Sub Committee / Panels. Link to County Council report authorising changes.
	Section 11, Table 5	Changes to the scheme of delegation to the Delegations to the Director of Place and Deputy Chief Executive.Link to County Council report authorising changes.
	Section 11, Table 5	Amendment re appointment of senior, area (deputy) and assistant coroners.	Changes by the Director of Transformation, Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
7 August 2013	Section 3 Appendix 3	Update to the Members Allowances Scheme	County Council 25 July 2013
7 August 2013	Section 11, Table 5	Update to the Delegations to the Director for Place and Deputy Chief Executive	Changes by the Director of Transformation, Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
16 May 2013	Section 10 – Officers	Update to the Scheme of Delegation for the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for People	Annual County Council meeting 16 May 2013
	Section 7 – Select Committees	Establishment of the Council’s new committee arrangements
	Section 9 – All Party Member Groups	Establishment of the Council’s new committee arrangements
15 April 2013	Several sections	Incorporate Director of Public Health	County Council 15 March 2013
25 March 2013	Several sections	Administrative changes following the change of title of the Director of Law and Democracy and the Director of Customer Services and Communications and the reallocation of the responsibilities of the Director for Strategy and Transformation	Minor and Consequential Changes by the Director of Democracy, Law and Transformation in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 2 of the Constitution
22 November 2012	Section 13 – Access to Information Rules	Additional paragraph relating to the publishing of background documents to reports.	Minor and Consequential Changes by the Director of Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 1 of the Constitution
22 November 2012	Section 7 – Select Committees	Change of name from Notice of Intention to take Key Decisions to Notice of Key Decisions
8 October 2012	Section 6 – Cabinet (Table of Cabinet Member responsibilities)	The Leader has amended the responsibilities of individual Cabinet Members	Change notified by the Leader of the Council.
8 October 2012	Section 4 – Citizen’s Rights Section 7 – Select Committees Section 13 – Access to Information Procedure Rules	Changes have been made to reflect the new requirements around publicity for Key decisions introduced by the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012	Minor and Consequential Changes by the Director of Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 1 of the Constitution
16 August 2012	Section 7 – Select Committees	Addition of provision to prevent Members involved in taking decisions being involved in scrutinising decisions	Minor and Consequential Changes by the Director of Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 1 of the Constitution
19 July 2012	Section 3 – Members of the County Council (Members Code of Conduct) Section 12 – Procedural Standing Orders	The Members’ Code of Conduct has been updated to reflect changes in legislation in the Localism Act 2011	Changes agreed by the County Council at its meeting on 19 July 2012
18 July 2012	Section 6 – Cabinet (Table of Cabinet Member responsibilities)	The delegations to the Cabinet Member for Finance and Transformation have been updated to include the Community Right to Challenge	Change notified by the Leader of the Council
26 June 2012	Section 12 – Procedural Standing Orders	The deadline for Members submitting questions to Council Meetings has been changed to 1:00 pm on the third day before the Council meeting following a request from the Members Services Development Panel	Minor and Consequential Changes by the Director of Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 1 of the Constitution
13 June 2012	Section 7 – Select Committees	Change of name from Health and Community Wellbeing Select Committee to Health Select Committee	Minor and Consequential Changes by the Director of Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 1 of the Constitution
18 May 2012	A number of amendments across the constitution, including: - · Addition of Section 9 Local Member Focus Events · Changes to Section 7 to introduce Select Committees New Members’ Code of Conduct under the Localism Act 2011		Changes agreed by the County Council at its meeting on 17 May 2012 (Minute No. 8)
10 January 2012	Section 11 – Procedural Standing Orders	The deadline for Members submitting questions to Council Meetings has been changed to 10:00 am on the third day before the Council meeting following a request from the Members Services Development Panel	Minor and Consequential Changes by the Director of Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 1 of the Constitution
22 November 2011	Section 8 – Other Committees (Pensions Committee)	Update to clarify the co-opted membership of the Pensions Committee.	Minor and Consequential Changes by the Director of Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 1 of the Constitution
22 November 2011	Section 13 – Financial Procedure Rules (Procurement Regulations)	Minor technical revisions to the Procurement Regulations.
2 November 2011	Section 10 – Officers (Schemes of Delegation)	Changes to the schemes of delegation for the Director for Place and Deputy Chief Executive and the Director of Law and Democracy as a result of changes in the Council’s organisational structure.	Minor and Consequential Changes by the Director of Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 1 of the Constitution
26 August 2011	Section 6 – (Table of Cabinet Member Responsibilities)	Changes to the responsibilities of the Cabinet Member for Culture, Communities and Customers, Cabinet Member for Adults’ Wellbeing, Cabinet Member for Economic Growth and Enterprise and Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport	Change notified by the Leader of the Council
22 August 2011	Section 8 – Other Committees	Changes to the remit of the Licensing Panel of the Planning Committee	Minor and Consequential Changes by the Director of Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 1 of the Constitution
4 August 2011	Section 10 – Officers	Changes to reflect the Council’s new organisational structure	Minor and Consequential Changes by the Director of Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 1 of the Constitution
26 July 2011	Section 13 – Financial Procedure Rules	Changes to the Financial Regulations and Procedural Rules	Agreed by County Council at its meeting on 21 July 2011 (Minute No. 25)
27 May 2011	Section 3 – Members (Members Allowances Scheme)	Technical changes to aspects of the scheme following an internal audit of Members’ expenses	Minor and Consequential Change by the Director of Law and Democracy in line with his powers in Paragraph 3.3 of Section 1 of the Constitution
17 May 2011	Section 7 – Overview and Scrutiny	Change to the Scrutiny Committee Remits	Agreed by County Council at its meeting on 17 May 2011 (Minute No 10)
	Section 8 – Other Committees	Removal of the Safety at Sports Grounds Panel
	Section 10 – Officers	Designation of the Director for People and Deputy Chief Executive as Director of Children’s Services
	Section 10 – Officers	Changes to the Schemes of Delegation to Officers
	Section 11 – Procedural Standing Orders	Removal of 30-minute limit on debate on the Leader’s Statement
17 March 2011	Section 3 – Members (Members Allowances Scheme)	Change to the level of Carers/ Dependents Allowances as recommended by the Independent Remuneration Panel	Agreed by County Council at its meeting on 17 March 2011 (Minute No 65)
10 February 2011	Section 6 – Cabinet (Table of Cabinet Member Responsibilities)	The Constitution has been updated to reflect the changes in Cabinet Portfolios announced by the Leader of the Council	Change notified by the Leader at County Council on 10 February 2011 (Minute No. 56)
10 December 2010	Section 10 – Scheme of delegation to Officers	Additional delegations to the Director of Place and Deputy Chief Executive in respect of the W2R project and the functions of the Planning Committee.	Decided by the County Council at its 9 December 2010 meeting (Minute No. 45)
3 December 2010	Section 6 – Delegation to Cabinet Members	The Constitution has been amended to add a general delegation to Cabinet Members to take decisions on matters within their portfolio. This replaces the specific delegations to portfolio holders in Section 6.	Change notified by the Leader of the Council
25 November 2010	Section 6 – Cabinet (Table of Cabinet Member Responsibilities)	Additional specific delegation to the Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Infrastructure in respect of the W2R Contract Management Board and operational decisions relating to the W2R project.	Change notified by the Leader of the Council
4 November 2010	Section 6 – Cabinet (Table of Cabinet Member Responsibilities)	Additional specific delegation to the Deputy Leader in respect of authorising alterations to schools	Change notified by the Leader of the Council
15 October 2010	Section 6 – Cabinet (Table of Cabinet Member Responsibilities)	Additional specific delegation to the Deputy Leader in respect of changes to the Constitution of the Schools Forum	Change notified by the Leader of the Council
15 October 2010	Amendments across the whole Constitution to reflect changes to the Council’s Management structure. Please see the report to the County Council meeting on 14 October 2010 on Proposed Changes to the Constitution		Decided by County Council on 14 October 2010 (Minute No. 35)
10 August 2010	Section 6 – Cabinet (Table of Cabinet Member Responsibilities)	Additional specific delegation to the Cabinet Lead Member for Assets, Performance and Organisation in respect of Local Government Pensions	Change notified by the Leader of the Council
27 July 2010	Section 10 – Officers (Scheme of Delegation)	Additions to the Scheme of Delegation for the Director of Law and Governance and the Director of Finance to designate them as authorised officers for issuing certificates under the Local Government (Contracts) Act 1997	Decided by County Council on 20 May 2010 (Minute 18)
13 July 2010	Section 6 – Cabinet (Table of Cabinet Member Responsibilities)	Additional Specific delegation to the Deputy Leader and Lead Cabinet Member for Children’s Services to authorise the publication of notice of proposals under section 28(1) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998	Change notified by the Leader of the Council
9 June 2010	Section 6 – Cabinet (Table of Cabinet Member Responsibilities)	Additional specific delegation to the Cabinet Lead Member for Regeneration and Infrastructure in respect of the operation of the County Council’s Household Waste Recycling Centres	Change notified by the Deputy Leader of the Council acting on behalf of the Leader of the Council, who was unable to act due to being out of the Country.
20 May 2010	Section 6 – Cabinet (Table of Cabinet Member Responsibilities)	Additional specific delegation to the Cabinet Lead Member for Assets, Performance and Organisation in respect of Local Government Pensions	Change notified by the Leader of the Council