Agenda and minutes

Resolved

The Leader is recommended to:

(1)       delegate the functions of the County Council under the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (other than any power to prosecute) to the Strategic Director for Communities and his/her nominees and add those functions to paragraph 4 of the entries relating to Trading Standards in Part 2 Section 10 of the Constitution

(2)       delegate the functions of the County Council under the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 3) (England) Regulations 2020 (other than any power to prosecute) to the Chief Executive and his/her nominees and to add those functions to Section 10.2 in Part 2 of the Constitution;

(3)       confirm (for the avoidance of doubt) that the named officers are authorised to exercise the specified functions of the County Council under the relevant Regulations and any future modification or re-enactment thereof and to do so on behalf of the County Council whether in its capacity as a person designated by the Secretary of State or as a local authority within the meaning of the Regulations;

(4)       approve the amendment of paragraph 5 of the entries relating to Rights of Way and Traffic Regulation in Section 10.5 in Part 2 of the Constitution to make explicit the delegation of the power to make temporary traffic orders.

Resolved

That at the request of Cabinet, the Leader asks the Chief Executive to take such preparatory steps as she considers necessary in advance of the Devolution and Local Recovery White Paper, anticipated in the Autumn, to enable the Council to consider the options for future local government reform for Warwickshire.