Decision details

(a)       That the voluntary register set up in 1997 be discontinued;

(b)       That the recommendation of the Standards Committee made at its meeting on 8 April 2013, to discontinue the locally adopted requirement to voluntarily register membership of any organisation not open to the public without formal membership be approved; and

(c)       That the Monitoring Officer issues an advice note about what is covered by the requirement in the statutory code with respect to registration of membership of societies and bodies.