APPENDIX 4

 

ARTICLE 7 - THE CABINET

 

1.                  Role

 

The Cabinet will carry out all of the local authority's functions which are not the responsibility of any other part of the local authority, whether by law or under this Constitution.

 

2.                  Form and composition

 

The Cabinet will consist of the Leader of the Council (who will be the Chairman of the Cabinet) together with such other Councillors as are appointed by the Leader.

 

3.                  Leader

 

The Leader will be a Councillor elected annually to the position of Leader by the Council.

 

The Leader will hold office until the next Annual Meeting of the Council unless, at an earlier date:

 

(a)               he/she resigns from the office; or

 

(b)               he/she is suspended from being a Councillor under Part III of the Local Government Act 2000 (although he/she may resume office at the end of the period of suspension); or

 

(c)               he/she is no longer a Councillor; or

 

(d)               he/she is removed from office by resolution of the Council.

 

4.                  Other Cabinet members

 

Other Cabinet members shall be appointed by the Leader. They shall hold office until the next Annual Meeting of the Council, unless in the meantime :

 

(a)               they resign from office; or

 

(b)               they are suspended from being Councillors under Part III of the Local Government Act 2000 (although they may resume office at the end of the period of suspension); or

 

(c)               they are no longer Councillors; or

 

(d)               they are removed from office, either individually or collectively, by the Leader of the Council.

 

5.                  Proceedings of the Cabinet

 

Proceedings of the Cabinet shall take place in accordance with the Cabinet Rules set out in this Constitution.

 

6.                  Portfolios of Responsibility

 

(a)               The Leader may agree that individual members of the Cabinet shall take a specific remit for different aspects of the Council's work. The details of the allocated remit shall be known as the portfolio of responsibilities.

 

(b)               The proper officer will maintain and publish a list, from time to time, of the Cabinet Members, their titles, portfolios of responsibility and any delegations to them.