Lincolnshire Police Authority Constitution
This Constitution and its articles were approved for use by the Full Authority Meeting held on 26th November 2010
Part 1 - Summary and Explanation (PDF, 27.9KB)
Section (a) - The Constitution
Section (b) - Police Authorities
Section (c) - Lincolnshire Police Authority
Section (d) - Citizens’ Rights
Section (e) - Partners
Section (f) - Commencement of this Constitution
Part 2 - Articles of the Constitution (PDF, 117KB)
Article 1 - Purpose of the Constitution
Article 2 - Members of the Authority
Article 3 - Citizens and the Authority
Article 4 - Role of the Authority
Article 5 - Chairing the Authority
Article 6 - Role of the Strategic Planning Committee
Article 7 - Role of the Finance and Performance Committee
Article 8 - Role of the Audit, Risk and Governance Committee
Article 9 - Role of the Community and Partnerships Committee
Article 10 - Role of the Human Resources Committee
Article 11 - Role of the Professional Standards Committee
Article 12 - Role of the Ethical Standards Committee
Article 13 - Role of the Senior Officer Appointments Committee
Article 14 - East Midlands Joint Committee – Heads of Agreement
Article 15 - Statutory Officers
Article 16 - Decision Making
Article 17 - Finance, Contracts and Legal Matters
Article 18 - Review and Revision of the Constitution
Article 19 - Publication of the Constitution
Annex 1 - Guidelines for Public Questions
Annex 2 - East Midlands Joint Committee Procedural Standing Orders
Annex 3 - Management Structure
Part 3 - Responsibility for Functions
Section (a) - Scheme of Delegation (PDF, 301KB)
Annex 1 - Financial Regulations
Annex 2 - Contract Regulations
Part 4 - Rules of Procedure
Section (a) - Procedural Standing Orders (PDF, 51.3KB)
Section (b) - Access to Information TO FOLLOW
Part 5 - Member and Officer Codes, Policies and Protocols
Section (a) - Anti-Fraud and Corruption Policy (PDF, 50.9KB)
Section (b) - Confidential Reporting (“Whistleblowing”) Policy (PDF, 40.8KB)
Section (c) - Members' Code of Conduct (PDF, 25.2KB)
Section (d) - Employees’ Code of Conduct (PDF, 55.5KB)
Section (e) - Complaints Procedure (PDF, 20KB)
Section (f) - Code of Corporate Governance (PDF, 24.6KB)
Section (g) - Risk Management Strategy (PDF, 204KB)
Section (h) - Internal Communications Protocol (PDF, 28.2KB)
Section (i) - Aide Memoire on Meetings (PDF, 39.7KB)
Section (j) - Freedom of Information Publication Scheme (PDF, 92KB)
Annexe 1 - Annual Governance Statement (PDF, 25KB)
Part 6 - Members' Allowances Scheme
Section (a) - Annual Scheme TO FOLLOW