41.1 Overview
Members or Officers are occasionally offered gifts or hospitality from an external source. Ideally these gifts should be refused in order to demonstrate high standards of behaviour. However there are circumstances under which acceptance is permitted.
41.2 Responsibility/Accountability
41.2.1 Members (click here for all responsibilities for Members)
Comply with corporate guidelines and the Members’ Code of Conduct on gifts, hospitality and personal interests. In addition guidance from local authority associations and other bodies must be followed in appropriate cases.
Declare any direct or indirect interest or any personal connection whatsoever that they may have in or with any organisation with which they are dealing on behalf of the Council in the ‘Members’ Register of Interests’.
41.2.2 Directors (click here for all responsibilities for Directors)
Comply with corporate guidelines and the Councils Code of Conduct in respect of gifts, hospitality and personal interests. In addition guidance from professional institutes and other bodies must be followed in appropriate cases.
41.2.3 Business Unit Heads (click here for all responsibilities for Business Unit Heads)
Maintain a register of interests, which indicates any direct or indirect interest or any personal connection whatsoever that Officers may have in or with any organisation with which they are dealing on behalf of the Council.
41.2.4 Officers (click here for all responsibilities for Officers)
Enter all instances of receipt of goods or hospitality related to their employment by the Council in the Business Unit’s register.
Inform their Business Unit Head of any interest they may have with another organisation.
41.3 Policy (click here for detailed procedures)
Registers are maintained by each Business Unit for gifts/hospitality and outside interests.
The Authority’s Codes of Conduct for Officers and Members should be followed and enforced at all times.
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