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Oxford City Council has a Constitution which sets out:
Some of these processes are required by law, while others are a matter for the Council to decide.
You can download the whole constitution below:
| Constitution (PDF 2468KB) |
The sections of the Constitution are as follows:
| Introduction |
| 1. Citizens' rights and other basic rules |
| 2. About the constitution |
| Who does what |
| 3. Council responsibilities and executive responsibilities |
| 4. Who carries out executive responsibilities? |
| 5. Who carries out council responsibilities? |
| 6. Roles of board members |
| 7. Roles of decision taking committees |
| 8. Roles of scrutiny committees |
| 9. Roles of officers |
| 10. Proper officers |
| Meeting procedures |
| 11. Full council procedures |
| 12. Board procedures |
| 13. Area Committee procedures |
| 14. Scrutiny committee procedures |
| 15. Other committee procedures |
| 16. Access to information and key decision procedures |
| 17. Budget and policy framework procedures |
| 18. Call-in procedures |
| Rules |
| 19. Finance rules |
| 20. Contract rules |
| 21. Employment rules |
| 22. Legal rules |
| Codes |
| 23. Councillors' code of conduct |
| 24. Code on councillor-officer relations |
| 25. Planning code of practice |
| 26. Whistle blowing policy |
| 27. Councillors' allowances |
| 28. Code on use of IT equipment |
For a explanation of the terms used in the constitution please see the Glossary
Page last reviewed 28 Oct 2008