The Constitution

The Local Government Act 2000 requires local authorities operating executive arrangements to maintain a constitution.

Our constitution sets out:

how the council operates
how decisions are made
procedures followed to make sure that council decisions are efficient, transparent and accountable of local people

The Constitution

Table showing links to parts of the Suffolk County Council Constitution.

Part 1	Articles of the constitution
Part 2	Rules of procedure
Part 3	Officer delegations
Part 4	Scheme of resource management: Financial regulations Anti-fraud and corruption policy Pension fund governance policy statement Code of corporate governance
Part 5	Scheme of resource management: Procurement regulations Corporate Property management framework
Part 6	Member*/Officer protocols Media protocols Protocol for Independent and Co-opted Members
Part 7	Members' allowances scheme
Part 8	Officer employment rules
Part 9	Members code of conduct Members planning code of good practice
Part 10	Monitoring officer protocol
Part 11	Indemnities for members and officers

* In this constitution the terms "member" and "members" have been used in accordance with statute.

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