At its meeting on 7 February 2024 the Council approved revisions to its Standing Orders to reflect the temporary increase in the number of independent members of the Council, with changes taking immediate effect.

At its meeting on 11 October 2023, the Council approved revisions to its Standing Orders to reflect the updated size of Council, revised information classifications and updated Committee names, with changes taking immediate effect.

Revisions to the Standing Orders of the Assembly were last approved through an online vote by Assembly members which took place from Monday, 2 November to Friday, 6 November 2020. Changes took effect from Monday, 9 November 2020.

Revisions to the Standing Orders of the Council were last approved at the meeting of the Council held on 20 May 2020, with changes taking immediate effect.

Rationale: To bring them up to date to ensure emergency Council meetings can be called as appropriate.

Section 4.10 was updated in relation to delegations in place for award approvals. Section 5.7 was updated to reflect the changes to the terms of reference of the Financial Plan Sub-Committee, approved by the Finance and General Purposes Committee in November 2019.