Agreed recommendation as amended in bold italics
The Cabinet Member for Safer & Stronger
Communities is RECOMMENDED to authorise the Head of Trading Standards and
Community Safety to enter into an agreement with Buckinghamshire County Council
to provide licensing and inspection services for petroleum spirit and
explosives subject to satisfactory terms being negotiated with Buckinghamshire
County Council, taking account of the need to mitigate the financial risks associated with this project
to deliver services to an external body ie
Buckinghamshire County Council.
Note: The hourly rate to be charged
separately by Oxfordshire County Council for undertaking investigations on
behalf of Buckinghamshire Trading Standards in respect of enforcement
responsibilities (eg investigations of identified
breaches) will be built into the contract as a clause.
The Acting Head of Trading Standards and Community Safety undertook to
discuss potential legal liability with the Monitoring Officer and Head of Legal
& Democratic Services and ensure that Oxfordshire County Council would not
be exposed to risk should Buckinghamshire County Council not follow advice or
recommendations arising from the services provided.