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The Constitution Review Working Party RECOMMENDS TO COUNCIL incorporation into Part 5 of the Constitution the revised Officer Code of Conduct and the separate Gifts, Hospitality and Sponsorship Policies for Officers and for Members.

An electronic version of the document, with the tracked changes showing, is available on the Council’s website, www.scambs.gov.uk/meetings as part of the agenda for the 22 September 2011 Council meeting.

Subject to the amendments made at the meeting, Council RESOLVED to incorporate into Part 5 of the Council’s Constitution the revised Officer Code of Conduct and the separate Gifts, Hospitality and Sponsorship Policies for Officers and for Members.

The Constitution Review Working Party had recommended to Council adoption of a revised Officer Code of Conduct and separate Gifts, Hospitality and Sponsorship Policies for Members and for Officers, all of which took into account recent best practise guidance and included the provisions of the Bribery Act 2010, which had come into force on 1 July 2011.  Council asked that the words ‘for the most part’ be removed from the Guidance for Officers, and recognised that a list of minor typographical errors had been submitted to officers for correction before publication.

In response to a query, the Legal and Democratic Services Manager advised that the policy indicated that officers should not accept tips in return for services, and undertook to ensure that this advice was communicated to all staff.

On the proposal of Councillor Tony Orgee, seconded by Councillor Sebastian Kindersley, and subject to the amendments made at the meeting, Council RESOLVED to incorporate into Part 5 of the Council’s Constitution the revised Officer Code of Conduct and the separate Gifts, Hospitality and Sponsorship Policies for Officers and for Members.