Article 8 – Regulatory and other committees

8.01 Regulatory and other committees

The Council will appoint the committees set out in Part 3 of this Constitution under the heading "Responsibility for Council Functions” to discharge the functions described.

8.02 Composition of the Regulatory Committee

(a) A member of the Cabinet will not be permitted to serve on the Regulatory Committee or any of its Sub-Committees. They may attend if invited so to do, or as an observer of the Planning and Highways Sub Committee;

(b) Members of the Planning and Highways Sub-Committee should not take part in the decision making on a planning matter in which they are involved as a local member, apart from attend the meeting(s) and expressing the views of their constituents: unless the matter is one on which the majority of members of the Regulatory Committee are similarly affected and the Sub-Committee would be unable to act;

(c) Members whose professional or personal interests might create regular conflict of interest in matters coming before the Planning and Highways Sub-Committee should not be appointed to the Sub-Committee. Separate provisions about giving notice to the Director of Law where a member is about to act in a professional or private capacity in any matter in which the Council has an interest is contained in Standing Order 64.1 (see Council Procedure Rules in Part 4 of the Constitution).