Issue - meetings
Regulations made under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 - Delegated Authority to Enforce
Meeting: 10/12/2020 - Council (Item 53)
Council Procedure Rule 5.15
To note the decision of the Leader of the Council, made on 12 November 2020, in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 5.15.
Delegated Authority to Enforce Legal Provisions relating to Coronavirus.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
RESOLVED to note the decision of the Leader of the Council, made on 12 November 2020, in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 5.15.
Meeting: 19/11/2020 - Executive (Item 48)
48 Delegated Authority to Enforce Legal Provisions Relating to Coronavirus, Made Under The Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, Including All Associated and Subsequent Regulations
To note the Decision made by the Leader of the Council on 12 November 2020 to authorise the Head of Service with responsibility for Environmental Health to exercise the Council’s powers, duties and functions with regard to all current and future legal provisions relating to Coronavirus that the Council is designated to enforce.
Supporting documents:
- Executive Report 19 November Item 9 - Delegated authority for Coronavirus Regulations, item 48
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- Webcast for Delegated Authority to Enforce Legal Provisions Relating to Coronavirus, Made Under The Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, Including All Associated and Subsequent Regulations
Decision:
RESOLVED:
To note the Decision made by the Leader of the Council on 12 November 2020 to authorise the Head of Service with responsibility for Environmental Health to exercise the Council’s powers, duties and functions with regard to all current and future legal provisions relating to Coronavirus that the Council is designated to enforce.
Minutes:
The Leader of the Council, Councillor Brunt, introduced a report to note the Strong Leader Decision in relation to delegated authority to enforce legal provisions relating to Covid-19 which had been made under the Public Health (Control of Disease Act) 1984.
Councillor Brunt explained that a number of regulations had been made in response to the pandemic which placed restrictions and requirements on businesses and individuals and restrictions on gatherings and access to public spaces. Local authorities had been designated enforcers of specified elements of these regulations, including serving formal notices on businesses for breaches of the regulations and bringing prosecutions for the most serious offences.
Councillor Brunt explained that the Council must delegate these powers to appropriate officers. In order to ensure that officers of the Environmental Health team had the correct delegated authority to enforce the Regulations available to them immediately, and in keeping with the Council’s Officer Scheme of Delegation, the powers had been delegated to the Head of Service with responsibility for Environmental Health, who had then delegated them to other officers as appropriate.
RESOLVED:
To note the Decision made by the Leader of the Council on 12 November 2020 to authorise the Head of Service with responsibility for Environmental Health to exercise the Council’s powers, duties and functions with regard to all current and future legal provisions relating to Coronavirus that the Council is designated to enforce.