Section 151 Officer Powers

Can you please tell me the responsibilities And the other details of Protocol for the Section 151 Officer (Chief Finance Officer)?

[Shaleen]

The responsibilities of the Chief Finance Officer role rest with the Director of Resources who is the Council's Section 151 Officer.

Protocol for the Section 151 Officer









The Chief Financil Officer’s statutory duties derive from the 6 principle sources of law as set out below:

Case law - In Attorney General -v- De Winton (1906).

Responsible Finance Officer - Section 151 of the Local Government
Act 1972

Section 113 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988

Local Government Act 2000