Issue - decisions

Members requested the following alterations to be made to the detail of the policy;  that

(i)                 the words “before the courts” be deleted from the final sentence in paragraph 2.1 of the policy;

(ii)               the first clause of the first sentence of paragraph 4.3 should read, ”Where the perpetrator (and/or their partner in HB/CTB cases) is suffering from  prolonged ill health or has a serious disability or other incapacity where illness is a material factor,”.

In addition, Members requested that the policy need to have numbered or lettered bullet point for ease and accuracy of reference.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member be advised:

(i)         That the revised fraud and prosecution policy be approved with the alterations (i) and (ii) listed above.