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も菖認許舶聡
MARDEN PARISH COUNCIL
This Code of Conduct was adopted by Herefo「dshire Counc旧n 2018.
The Code of Conduct has been adopted by Marden Pa「ish Councii on lO September
2018.
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Counci=o「 Code of Conduct
l, Int「oduction
l.1 This code has been adopted by the ∞unCjl as required by section 27 ofthe
Locaiism Act 201 1. The Counc冊as a statutory duty to promote and maintain
high standards of conduct by membe「s and co opted membe「S Of the councii・
丁he code sets out the standa「ds that the counciI expects membe「s to observe"
2, Who does the code appIyto?
2.1 The code app"es to aIl membe「s of the councii and to ail ∞ OPted members of
any comm請ee, Sub committee o「 joint committee.
3. When does the code appty?
3.1 The code appiies whenever a member is acting in thei「 CaPaCity as a membe「" a
representative of the council o「 when they claim to act o「 give the imp「ession of
acting as a membe「 or rep「esentative ofthe ∞unCiしit does not seek to reguiate
what members do in thei「 pu「eIy private and persona川VeS, unless such conduct
b「ings the councii into dis「epute.
4. What standards of conduct are membe「s required to observe?
4.1 When ca「「ying out thei「 「oie members shouid always act in accordance with the
SeVen P血ciples of public life, the counciI,s PEOPLE vaIues and the foIIowing
standa「ds;
Thesevenp「incipiesofl)ubIiciife �Standardsofconduct
A �SeIflessness �A.1Servethepu胡c
Holdersofpu榔CO仰CeShouIdact �A,2Oniytakedecisionsinthepubiic
SOielyintemsofthepu輔cinterest. �inte「est
A.3T「eateveryonethattheydealwith
equaIlyandwith「espectandcourtesv
B �Integ吋 �B.1Shouiddecia「eandresoIvethei「
HoIde「sofpubiico楕CemustaVOid �interestsinaccordancewjththeiaw
PIacingthemseIvesunde「any �andwiththep「ovisionsofthiscodeof
ObligationtopeopIeo「organjsations �COnduct.
thatmighttryinapp「OP「iateIyto �B.2Shouidnotplacethemselvesina
jnfluencetheminthei「wo「k.Thev �POSitionwhe「etheveithe「a「e,O「qive
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ThesevenDriれCipIesofpubiicIife �Standardsofconduct
Shouidnotacto「takedecisionsinorde「 �theappearancethattheyare,unde「
togainfinancia10rOthermaterial �anyfinanciaio「Othe「obligationto
benefitsforthemseives,theirfamiiy,Or �anyonethatmightseektoin¶uence
theirfriends,TheymustdecIa「eand �themintheperformanceofthei「duties
resoIveanyinte「estsand「eiationships. �asamember
B.3 Shouidnotactortakedecisionsin
O「derto(0「attemPttO)confero「
SeCu「eanadvantage,djsadvantage,
financiaIgaino「othermate「iaibenefits
forthemseives,thei「familyo「ciose
associations
B.4Shou葛ddecIaregiftsandhospitaiity
thattheya「eoffe「edwhethe「accepted
OrnOtWherethevaiueexceeds±20
B.5Majntainconfidentialityandnot
discioseinfomationgiventothemin COn¶dence.
C �Objectivity �C.1Actandtakedecisionsimpartiaiiy,
Hoide「sofpubIicofficemustactand �fai巾yandonmerit,uSingthebest
takedecisionsimpartiaily,fal「lyandon �evidenceandwithoutdisc「imjnationo「
me「it,uSingthebestevidenceand �bias
Withoutdjscriminationo「bias
D �Accountab冊ty �D.1Beaccountabietothepubiicfo「thei「
Hoidersofpubiico飾cea「eaccountabIe �decisionsandactjons
tothepublicfo「thei「decisionsand �D.2Co-OPe「atefullywithanysc田tiny
actionsandmustsubmitthemseIvesto �app「OPriatetotheirpa巾cula「「Oieo「
thescrutinynecessa「ytoensurethis, �o師ce
D.3Actinaccordancewiththemembe「
ando冊Cerrelationscode
D.4Actinaccordancewiththeconstitution
P「OCedurairuiesandcodes
D,5Donotp「eventanotherpe「sonfrom
gainingaccesstoinformationtowhich thatpe「sonisentit看edtobvlaw
巨 �Openness �EIBeasopenaspossibIeaboutthej「
HoIdersofpub=cofflceshouldactand �decisionsandactjonsandshouldgive
takedecisionsinanopenand �「easonforthei「decisionsandactions
t「ansparentmanne「. �E.2Compieteandmaintainanuptodate
InformationshouIdnotbewithheldfrom �「egisterofinte「ests
thepubiicuniessthereareciea「and �E.3Dodrawa請entiontoanycodeof
iawfuI「easonsfo「sodoing. �COnductinterestwhenperfomingthei「
dutiesasamember
E.4Donotbuily,harass,intimidateo「
attempttointimidateanype「son
F �Honesty �F.1Bet山thfuI
Hoide「sofpubiico怖ceshouidbe �F.2Dec看a「eanyprivateintereststhat
truthful. �relatetothei「dutiesasamemberand
「esoiveanysuchconflictinawaythat
P「OteCtSthepu帥cinte「est
F.3Onlyusetheresourcesofthecounci=n
acco「dancewiththereasonabie
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ThesevenprinciplesofDubliclife �Standa �SOfconduct
requ �「ementssetoutfo「thei「usefrom
time �time.
G �Leade「ship �G.1Acti �yp「OmOteand「obustiysupport
Hoidersofpubiico情ceshouIdexhibit �Iea �rshipprinciples
thesep「inciplesintheirownbehaviour. Th hidl t d �G,2日e h �ingtochaliengepoorbehaviour ーt
eysouactiVeyPrOmOean 「Obustiysupportthep血Cipiesandbe �W G.3Ne W○ ○締 �eVerlOCCu「S rundertakeanyactionwhich
W晒ngtochaiiengepoorbehaviou「 ��「ingtheco…Cil,membe「so「
Whereveritoccurs. ��intodisrepute
G.4Nevermakevexatious,mailCiOuSO「
価vo �OuSCOmPlaintsagainstothe「
memberso「anyonewhoworksfor,O「
°nb �ehaIfof,VOu「
5. Code of conduct interests
5.1 RegisterabIe inte「ests
5.1.1 The mon軸ng offi∞「 wi‖ maintain a register of interests which can be inspected
at Herefo「dshire Council, Govemance and Democ「atic Services, 33-35 Union
Street, St Peters Square, He「eford, HR1 2HX and found at Members’RealSter Of
inte「ests.
5.1.2 The register of inte「ests ∞ntalnS twro SChedules, ScheduIe l are interests defined
by 「eg山ations made under section 30(3) ofthe Locaiism Act 201 1 (“the Act),
Scheduie 2 are interests that He「efordshire Counc" considers are appropriate to
「egister and discIose.
5.2 Schedule l interests (deflned as discIosable pec…iary血erests under the Act)
may be amended from time to time by 「eguIation but at 25 May 2018 werel:-
EmpIoymentう �Anyempioyment,Offlce,trade,P「Ofessionorvocationca「「ied
O請ce,tradeo「 P「Ofession �Outfo「P「Ofito「gain
Sponsorship �Anypaymentorp「ovisionofanyotherfinanciaIbene¶t(Othe「
thanf「omthe「elevantcouncil)madeo「P「OVidedwithinthe
relevantpe「iodin「espectofanyexpensesincu「「edbyaperson
inca「ryingoutdutiesasamembe「,O「tOWa「dstheelection
expensesofthatpe「son
Contracts �Anycont「actwhichismadebetweenthereIevantpe「SOn(Or
bodyinwhichtherelevantpe「sonhasabeneficia=nterest)and
the「eievantcouncii-
1. Underwhichgoodsorservicesa「etobeprovidedo「
WO「ksa「etobeexecuted;and
2. W軸Chhasnotbeenfuliydischarged
」and �Anybeneficia=nterestinlandwhichiswithintheareaofthe
「eievantcouncii
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」jcenses �Anyiicence(aloneorjointIywithothers)tooccupylandinthe
areaofthe「elevantcounciiforamontho「ionge「
corporate �Anytenancywhe「e(tothepersonsknowiedge):
tenancies �1. Theiandiordisthereievantcounc時and
2. Thetenantisabodyinwhichthe「eIevantpersonhasa
beneficia=nterest
Securities �Anybeneficiaiinterestinsecu「itiesofabodywhere:
1. Thatbody(tothepersonsknowledge)hasapiaceof
businessoriandintheareaoftherelevantcounciI;
and
2. Eithe「:-
2.1 ThetotaInominaIvaIueofthesecu「itiesexceeds
ま25,000o「Onehundredthofthetota=ssuedshare
CaPitaIofthatbody;O「
2.2IfthesharecapitaIofthatbodyisofmo「ethanone
Ciass,thetotainominaivaIueofthesharesinany
OneCiassinwhichthereIevantpersonhasa
beneficia=nte「estthatexceedsonehund「edthof伽e
tota=ssuedsha「ecapitaiofthatciass
Membershipofanybody:
a)exe「Cjsingfunctionsofapub"cnatu「e:O「
b)di「ectedtocharitabiepu「poses;Or
C)whosep「incipaIpurposesinciudethein¶uencingpu帥copinfono「poIicy
(inciudinganypo皿caiparty);Or
d)i§nOtOPentOthepubIicwithoutformaimembe「Ship.
Thisdoesnotincludesubscription,O「membe「shipofanybodytowhichthemembe「is
appointedo「nominatedbythecounc肝
Anyg脆so「hospitaiitywhichthememberhasbeenofferedbyvirtueofthei「o怖ce
(Whethe「acceptedo「「efused)whereinexcessof±20,
T「adeUnionmembership.
5,4 Othe「 deciarable inte「ests
5.4.1 If a matte「 to be conside「ed a簡ects the welfa「e or financiaI posItion (POSitiveiy o「
negativeIy) ofthe membe「, a member ofthei「 famiiy, and or a cIose personaI
associate to a g「eate「 extent than others in the membe「S Ward: then the「e is a
requi「ement to decia「e such an interest.
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5.4.2 ⅥIhe「 �eamemberha �Sa「eqistrabieo「Othe「inte「 �estasdetaiIedabovethefol �OWin〇aPPiies:
Whatistheinterest? ��DolhavetocompIete �DoIhavetodeclarethis �Whendol �canI �canI �Dolhave thefomandregister? �inte「est? �discIosethe inte「est? �pa軸Cipate? �Vote? �toleave the room?
Scheduiel ��↓Yes �VYesve「ba=y A書 t- �Assoonasyou tht �XNo3 �XNo �JYes
Within28daysof: ●election �ameelng JYes �a「eaWa「ea youhavean inte「est2
● 「e-election �V¥the「emakingadecision
・disciosingina �eithe「asanindividual
meetingap「eviousiy �membero「coIiectively
undiscIosedlnte「est ・becomingawa「eof �JYes
anychangeo「new �Whenactinginthe
inte「ests �CaPaCifyofamember Iftheinte「estisinthe matte「beinaconsideI.ed
Schedule2 ��JYes �JYes �Assoonasyou �XNo �XNo �JYes Asfo「schedulel �Asfo「SCheduielinterests �a「eawa「ethat
interestsabove �above �youhavean inte「est
Othe「 �W恒ifa「e �Xno �VYes �Assoonasyou �↓Yes �↓Yes �Xno
decla「abie ���Asfo「SCheduIelinte「ests �a「eawa「ethat
inte「ests �Financial �Xno �above �youhavean inte「est �XNo �Xno �Xno