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Enforcement Policy

 

 

Meeting: 29/09/2011 - Worcestershire Shared Services Joint Committee (Worcs Shared Services Partnership was dissolved on 31st March 2016. A new partnership was agreed on 1st April 2016 Worcs Regulatory Services Board) (Item 16)

16 Worcestershire Regulatory Services Enforcement Policy pdf icon PDF 65 KB

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Minutes:

The Committee considered a report which sought to provide a Worcestershire Regulatory Services (WRS) single Enforcement Policy to be used across the county in relation to all enforcement activities. 

 

The Head of Worcestershire Regulatory Services informed Members that The Regulators Compliance Code was fairly prescriptive in terms of what needed to be included within an Enforcement Policy, seeking to ensure that local authorities took a measured approach to enforcement.  The Enforcement Policy would allow the service to operate in a consistent way across the county in relation to all enforcement matters.

 

The Legal Service Manager, Redditch Borough Council responded to questions from Members regarding minor changes to the WRS Enforcement Policy, Introduction.  Comments received from the legal team at Bromsgrove District Council and Redditch Borough Council for inclusion within the policy had not been received in time to incorporate into the Enforcement Policy presented at the meeting.

 

Following further explanation and discussion with the Legal Service Manager, Redditch Borough Council with regard to the minor changes it was

 

RESOLVEDthat the agreed changes to the Worcestershire Regulatory Services (WRS) Enforcement Policy, Introduction, be incorporated and Members receive a copy of the WRS Enforcement Policy with the published Joint Committee minutes.

 

RECOMMENDED that, subject to the agreed changes to the Worcestershire Regulatory Services Enforcement Policy, Introduction, the Council for each Member Authority adopts the policy.