More serious complaints are formally investigated; and if an independent person considers that there has been a breach of the Code then the complaint must be decided by a committee.
The Suffolk Joint Standards Board was set up with Babergh District Council and Mid Suffolk District Council to determine these serious Code of Conduct complaints.
Where it is decided that an alleged breach of the Code should be investigated, the investigating officer will produce a report.
If it's agreed by the Monitoring Officer and the independent person that a breach of the Code may have occurred, the procedure is that a Hearings Panel would be constituted to receive the evidence and, if it agreed a breach had occurred, decide on any sanction.
The Hearings Panel would be constituted from the Suffolk Joint Standards Board.
Members
Suffolk County Council
Babergh District Council
Mid Suffolk District Council
Meeting dates
You're welcome to attend a meeting of the Suffolk Joint Standards Board.
The papers and agendas for the meetings are available on our website five days before the meeting and will include venue details.
Details of future meetings of this committee will be published below as soon as a meeting is called.
Contact and further information
If you would like to contact us, please email committee.services@suffolk.gov.uk or call 01473 265119 from Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5.00pm.
