Issue - meetings
Annual Report on the use of RIPA
Meeting: 23/06/2022 - Cabinet (Item 12)
12 Annual Report on the use of RIPA 
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To consider and decide on the recommendations as set out in the associated report.
Decision:
RESOLVED: That the report be noted
REASON FOR DECISION: To demonstrate the Council’s compliance with legislation.
Minutes:
Councillor Andrew Hickey, Cabinet Member for Finance and Performance introduced Claudette Valmond, Head of Legal Partnership Mid Kent Legal who presented the report as set out in the agenda.
RESOLVED: That the report be noted
REASON FOR DECISION: To demonstrate the Council’s compliance with legislation.
Meeting: 08/06/2022 - Finance and Governance Cabinet Advisory Board (Item 6)
6 Annual Report on the use of RIPA PDF 107 KB
To consider and provide a recommendation to Cabinet on the proposals set out in the attached report.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
Claudette Valmond, Interim Head of Legal Partnership introduced the report set out in the agenda.
Discussion and questions from Members included the following:
- The authorising officers were the Chief Executive (William Benson), the Director of Finance, Policy and Development (Lee Colyer), the Director of Change and Communities (Paul Taylor) and the Head of Housing, Health and Environment (Gary Stevenson).
- The use of RIPA for cases of Council Tax Fraud e.g. misuse of the single occupancy discount would be dependent on the facts and would be dealt with on a case by case basis.
RESOLVED – that the recommendations to Cabinet as set out in the report be supported.