11.1.1 The Council or the Cabinet, in order to promote the economic, social or environmental well-being of its area may:

11.1.2 The Council may establish joint arrangements with one or more local authorities and/or their executives to:

Such arrangements may involve the appointment of a joint committee with those other Local Authorities.

11.1.3 The Cabinet may establish joint arrangements with one or more local authorities to exercise functions which are executive functions. Such arrangements may involve the appointment of joint committees with these other local authorities.

11.1.4 Except as set out below, the Cabinet may only appoint Cabinet Members to a joint committee and those Members need not reflect the political composition of the local authority as a whole.

11.1.5 The Cabinet may appoint Members to a joint committee from outside the Cabinet in the following circumstances:

In this case the political balance requirements do not apply to such appointments.

11.1.6 The Council may establish joint arrangements with one or more local authorities to advise on matters of joint interest or to undertake functions which are not the responsibility of the Cabinet. The political balance requirements will apply to the allocation of seats by the Council on joint committees which advise the Council or undertake functions which are not the responsibility of the Cabinet.

11.1.7 Details of any joint arrangements including any delegations to joint committees will be found in the Council’s scheme of delegations in Part 3 of this Constitution.

11.1.8 Any joint arrangements should have regard to the Financial Framework/Regulations of the Council.

11.2.1 The Access to Information Procedure Rules on Part 4 of this Constitution apply.

11.2.2 If all the members of the joint committee are members of the Cabinet (or equivalent) in of the participating councils then its access to information regime is the same as that applied to the Cabinet.

11.2.3 If the joint committee contains members who are not on the Cabinet (or equivalent) of any participating councils then the access to information rules in Part VA of the Local Government Act 1972 will apply.

11.3.1 The Council may delegate non-executive functions to another local authority or, in certain circumstances, the executive of another local authority.

11.3.2 The Cabinet may delegate executive functions to another local authority or the executive of another local authority in certain circumstances.

11.3.3 The decision whether or not to accept such a delegation from another local authority shall be reserved to the Council meeting.