Issue - meetings

15:50 pm

The Cabinet Member for Safer & Stronger Communities is RECOMMENDED to:

a)                 agree the delegation of the function of the enforcement of Part III of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 to be carried out in Oxfordshire by Birmingham City Council and to delegate the power of prosecution to Birmingham City Council for any matters associated with or discovered during an investigation by the illegal money lending team;

b)                agree the attached “Protocol for Illegal Money Lending Team Investigations” and that authority be delegated to the Head of Trading Standards and Community Safety to enter into the agreement on behalf of Oxfordshire County Council and to approve minor alterations if required.