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Course focus

15th Annual Planning Law Conference

Date:
08 December 2008
Venue:
Royal College of Surgeons, London
CPD:
5.0

Training programmes

Committees - Basic Survival Guide

Local Authorities are big business and therefore need a decision- making framework that is legal and that works.

If you’re relatively new to working with Members and managing meetings this course will give you:

  • A good introduction to the law and practice of meetings
  • A basic knowledge and understanding of the new executive decision-making models
  • New insights and good practice tips to help you in your job
  • The confidence to apply what you have learned and develop your role

Understand:

  • Executive Arrangements
  • Local Government Acts and Political Structures
  • Powers and Duties
  • Composition of Committees and Proportionality
  • Schemes of Delegation
  • Substitution Rules
  • Members’ rights of access

How to Prepare for and handle Meetings

  • Standing Orders and rules of debate
  • The summons to meetings and preparation of Agenda
  • Protocols and Distribution
  • Managing the Meeting and getting legal decisions
  • Minutes 

What Public Access to Information entails

  • History of Access, Codes of Practice, Freedom of Information Act 2000
  • Members’ Access to Information

Grasp the requirements of

  • The national code of Conduct
  • Standards Committees

Please note:  This event is only open to local authorities and public service staff

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