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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

も諾謝S鵬

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

も採譜S暁

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

も採揺†S鵬

」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.

も親許Shi晦

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