With Parliament prorogued next week, many might have thought that the long talked about revocation of the Designated Independent Person (DIP) regime for statutory chief officers had escaped this Parliament.
But apparently not! The eagle-eyed watchers of HMSO will have seen laid before the House of Commons on Wednesday, the Local Authority (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.
The rules require all English local authorities to pass new constitutional arrangements for the appointment and dismissal of the head of paid service (HoPS), monitoring officer (MO) and chief financial officer (CFO), from 15 May 2015.
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