Three Rivers District Council is seeking to appoint an Independent Person to the Council for a period of five years.
The Independent Person is appointed under section 28(7) Localism Act 2011 for the purposes of the Code of Conduct for Members.
The role of the Independent Person is to:
To give their views on compliance with the District and Parish Councillors Codes of Conduct.
To give their views to any Hearing Panel, before a decision is taken, following investigation into alleged breaches of the Code of Conduct.
To give their views to any Hearing Panel or the Monitoring Officer about any other aspect of their consideration of, or decision on, an alleged breach of the Code where required.
To give their views where sought to Councillors if their behaviour is the subject of an allegation. To advise other co-opted Councillors if their behaviour forms part of an allegation against another Council Member.
Be Involved in any disciplinary proceedings/action taken against Statutory Officers (Head of Paid Service, S151 officer, Monitoring Officer)
The arrangements for dealing with complaints against Councillors also provides detail on this role which are available via the Council’s website here
