Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Community Services & Safety

Forward Plan Ref: 2022/047

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Report by Corporate Director - Commercial Development, Assets and Investment (CA13).

The information in this case is exempt in that it falls within the following prescribed categories:

1. Information relating to any individual

7. Information relating to any action taken or to be taken in connection with the prevention, investigation or prosecution of crime

and since it is considered that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

The annexes containing exempt information under the above paragraph are attached.

Entering in to an s101 Agreement with London Borough of Bromley, authorising Bromley to undertake a prosecution in relation to an Oxfordshire resident.

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to

(a)                Pursuant to section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 and section 9EA of the Local Government Act 2000, approve the delegation of specific powers from the county council to the London Borough of Bromley in relation to the investigation and prosecution of companies and individuals associated with the investigation known as Operation Argus

(b)               Authorise the Head of Legal and/or the Director of Law and Governance to enter the necessary agreements to implement this delegation

Recommendations agreed.

PROCEEDINGS FOLLOWING THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC

The information contained in the report was exempt in that it fell within the following prescribed categories:

1. Information relating to any individual

7. Information relating to any action taken or to be taken in connection with the prevention, investigation or prosecution of crime.

RESOLVED to

(a)                    Pursuant to section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 and section 9EA of the Local Government Act 2000, approve the delegation of specific powers from the county council to the London Borough of Bromley in relation to the investigation and prosecution of companies and individuals associated with the investigation known as Operation Argus

(b)                   Authorise the Head of Legal and/or the Director of Law and Governance to enter the necessary agreements to implement this delegation