This resource is from the Committees section. This is report 17 of the 28 July 2005 meeting of the MPA Committee and gives details, for information, of action taken under delegated authority on the grounds of urgency.

Sections available here:

• Action taken under delegated authority
  • Summary
  • A. Recommendation
  • B. Supporting information
  • C. Race and equality impact
  • D. Financial implications
  • E. Background papers
  • F. Contact details

Action taken under delegated authority

Report: 17
Date: 28 July 2005
By: the Chief Executive & Clerk

Summary

This report gives details, for information, of action taken under delegated authority on the grounds of urgency.

A. Recommendation

That this report be noted.

B. Supporting information

1. Standing Order 6.1 provides for the Chief Executive & Clerk or Treasurer to take decisions under delegated authority and in consultation with specified members where a decision is required urgently. Decisions taken in this way have to be reported to the next meeting of the Authority for information. This report must state which members were consulted. Under the urgency procedure, wherever possible the members of the relevant committee (or of the Authority if that would be the decision-making body) should be informed in advance of the proposal to take a decision. This action must also be reported as having been carried out.

2. The following action has been taken:

• Agreeing to a request for exceptional funding for legal representation as a forthcoming inquest for the eleven police officers who were involved in the restraining and care of Andrew Jordan (03/2005).
  This decision was taken by the Deputy Chief Executive & Clerk after consultation with the Chair of the Authority and the Chair and the Deputy Chair of the Professional Standards & Complaints Committee. Members of the Professional Standards & Complaints Committee were notified in advance (by email) of the proposed decision.
• Agreeing to the settlement of a claim by a former police officer (04/2005)
  This decision was taken by the Deputy Chief Executive & Clerk after consultation with the Chair of the Authority and the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Professional Standards & Complaints Committee. Members of the Professional Standards & Complaints Committee were notified in advance (by email) of the proposed decision.
• Agreeing to continue to provide legal assistance to police officers involved in the inquest into the death of Derek Bennett (05/2005) by funding the cost of Counsel attending and opposing the judicial review application
  This decision was taken by the Deputy Chief Executive and Clerk after consultation with the Chair of the Authority and, in the absence of the Chair of the Professional Standards & Complaints Committee, the Deputy Chair and one other member of that Committee. Members of the Professional Standards & Complaints Committee were notified in advance (by email) of the proposed decision.

C. Race and equality impact

Any implications are addressed in the delegated action forms.

D. Financial implications

Any implications are addressed in the delegated action forms.

E. Background papers

Delegated action forms

F. Contact details

Report author: John Crompton, MPA.

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