Agenda for Constitution - Approved on on Friday 17th February, 2023

Constitution - Approved on - Friday 17th February, 2023

Items
No.	Item
1.	CHAPTER 1 - The Constitution PDF 220 KB
	How the Council Operates; Management of the Constitution; Roles and Functions of Elected Members; Constitutional Rights of Residents; Decision Making; Governance, including Finance, Contracts and Legal Matters; Officers
2.	CHAPTER 2 - Full Council PDF 246 KB
	The Full Council; Council Meeting Procedure Rules; Responsibility for Functions
3.	CHAPTER 3 - The Leader and the Cabinet PDF 392 KB
	The Executive - Leader and the Cabinet; The Cabinet - Terms of Reference; Leader and Cabinet Procedure Rules; Budget and Policy Framework Procedure Rules; Committees of the Cabinet; Cabinet Members and their powers; Local Choice Functions; Joint Arrangements
4.	CHAPTER 4- Policy and Scrutiny PDF 201 KB
	How the Council operates; Management of the Constitution; Roles and Functions of Elected Members; Members of the Council; Constitutional Rights of Residents; Decision Making; Governance, including Finance, Contracts and Legal matters; Officers
5.	CHAPTER 5 - Committees PDF 272 KB
	Westminster City Council functions delegated to Committees/Sub-committees of the Council; Standing Orders Relating to the Committees and Sub-committees; Terms of Reference for Committees (except Policy and Scrutiny Committees); Rules of Procedure Gov
6.	CHAPTER 6 - Scheme of Delegations to Officers PDF 189 KB
7.	CHAPTER 7 - Ethical Governance PDF 492 KB
	Standing orders relating to the holding of Office of Councillor; Member Conduct; Westminster City Council arrangements for dealing with complaints alleging a breach of the Members’ Code of Conduct; Westminster City Council employees’ Code of Conduct;
8.	CHAPTER 8 - Access to Information Procedure Rules PDF 139 KB
	Access to Information Procedure Rules
	CHAPTER 9 - RULES, CODES AND PROTOCOLS
9.	Co-Opted Members Scheme PDF 115 KB
10.	Contract Procedure Rules PDF 107 KB Additional documents: Procurement Code , item 10. PDF 637 KB
11.	Finance Procedure Rules PDF 601 KB
12.	Protocol for Audio Recording of Council, Committee and Sub-Committee Meetings PDF 142 KB
13.	Code of Governance PDF 1 MB
14.	Partnership Manual PDF 100 KB
15.	Outside Bodies including Indemnities for Members and Officers PDF 77 KB
16.	Westminster City Council Petition Scheme PDF 85 KB
17.	CHAPTER 10 - Officer Employment Rules PDF 201 KB
	Politically Restricted Posts Policy; Officer Employment Procedure Rules
	CHAPTER 11 - MEMBERS' ALLOWANCES
18.	Members' Allowances Scheme PDF 181 KB