Issue - meetings

To consider a report by the Head of Administration regarding the publication of a Regulators’ Compliance Code by the Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) and the implications for the District Council.

Noted the contents of the report and authorised the relevant Heads of Service to review their enforcement policies having specific regard to the content of the new Regulators’ Compliance Code and to approve any necessary changes after consultation with the relevant Executive Councillor.

By way of a report by the Head of Administration (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) the Cabinet was informed of the publication of a Regulators’ Compliance Code by the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.

Executive Councillors were advised that the new code would form a central part of the Government’s “Better Regulation Agenda” with the aim of ensuring a risk based, proportionate and flexible approach to regulatory inspection and enforcement that allowed and encouraged economic progress.  Having considered the implications of the proposals on the Council’s enforcement policies, the Cabinet

RESOLVED

(a)  that the contents of the report be noted; and

(b)  that relevant Heads of Service be authorised to review enforcement policies having specific regard to the content of the new Regulators’ Compliance Code and to approve any necessary changes after consultation with the relevant Executive Councillor.