Statutory chief officers meaning

In this issue: Investigating criminal conduct Criminal procedure and evidence Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Consumer protection and cartels Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Insolvency offences and Companies Act offences Money laundering International Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Investigating criminal conduct Crime and Policing Bill introduced into Parliament The Home Office has confirmed that the Crime and Policing Bill is due to be laid before Parliament. Headline measures include a power for police to enter without a warrant to retrieve electronically tracked stolen goods, scrapping the £200 de facto threshold for prosecuting shop theft, and a bespoke assault offence to better protect retail staff. The Bill also establishes new crimes for spiking, child criminal exploitation, and recording intimate images without consent. It bolsters existing regimes on stalking,...

In this issue: Public procurement Brexit highlights Brexit SIs Post-Brexit transition guidance Equality and human rights Constitutional and administrative law Judicial review Subsidy control and State aid Other Public law news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Public procurement New National Procurement Policy Statement published ahead of PA 2023 go-live The Cabinet Office has issued a refreshed National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS) that outlines strategic priorities for public purchasing. Laid before Parliament under section 13(3)(c) of the Procurement Act 2023, it takes effect on 24 February 2025 to align with the PA 2023 go-live and will continue unless withdrawn, revised or replaced. Alongside the NPPS, government has released two new Procurement Policy Notes focused on small business procurement spend targets and social value. It has also set out plans for a suite of tools and measures to further enable...

In this issue: Planning policy Planning for nationally significant infrastructure Planning statutory review Environmental assessments Planning applications and decisions Heritage and natural environment Housing Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q&A Related Documents Planning Highlights 2024/2025 Planning policy Revised National Planning Policy Framework published The government has released an updated National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Significant shifts from the December 2023 edition affect green belt policy and the approach to identifying housing need and demonstrating housing land supply. Policy backing for infrastructure and community services is also strengthened, alongside other adjustments. A companion consultation response, issued the same day, outlines the government’s pledges for broader reform of the planning system, including amendments to the Planning Act 2008 (PA 2008) regime for nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs), and revisions to planning fees. See News Analysis for a synopsis of the principal changes; more detailed consideration of the implications...

This Practice Note addresses the supplementary employment obligations specific to local government regarding the recruitment and removal of statutory post-holders, including the Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) for Local Authority Chief Officers terms, green book provisions, occupation-specific conditions of service, and authorities’ rules on employment procedures. It sets out the varying rules that apply to different categories of officers. It further outlines the part played by leaders or elected mayors and the cabinet under executive arrangements, together with the Chief Executive, in these processes as applicable. Discussion of employment issues in local government fall into three areas: routine employment law issues, such as those concerning discrimination, fair or unfair dismissal (including redundancy), TUPE, etc contractual obligations, which necessitate consultation with national conditions of service except where local agreements have been made ...

Monitoring Officer This Practice Note examines the Monitoring Officer, a position each authority is required to assign to one of its officers under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (LGHA 1989). It addresses the Monitoring Officer’s statutory functions and obligations under the Members’ Code of Conduct, practical aspects of the post, the Register of Interests, and conflicts of interest arising from the role. This Practice Note applies solely to England; the position in Wales is governed by different legislation. All local authorities must appoint one of their officers as Monitoring Officer and supply that officer with staff, accommodation and other resources they deem adequate to enable discharge of their duties. The Monitoring Officer may not be the authority’s designated Head of Paid Service or its Chief Finance Officer, save that in local policing bodies the Chief Executive serves as Monitoring Officer by operation of law. While the Monitoring Officer’s responsibilities are predominantly legal, there is presently no requirement for the officer to hold a legal qualification...