The Council’s legal powers are granted by law either to the Mayor or full Council to allow the authority to carry out its functions for the benefit of the residents, workers and businesses of Newham.
The Mayor and full Council have the power to delegate the exercise of these duties to members and officers, as set out in the appendices below.
Under the Local Government Act 2000, all of the Council’s functions, its associated legal powers and duties, are designated as the responsibility of the Mayor and known as “executive functions”, except where they are expressly reserved by legislation to be the responsibility of the Council. These reserved functions are known as “non-executive functions”.
Schemes of delegation
The Schemes of delegation document sets out how the Mayor and full Council have delegated their executive and non-executive powers.
Mayoral Scheme of delegation (PDF)
- Part A details the Delegations to Cabinet & Cabinet Members
- Part B details the Scheme of Delegation to Officers (including the list of Proper Officers)
- Part C details any Cabinet Committees (where applicable)
Full Council has appointed various committees and sub-committees to undertake a range of Non-Executive functions. The list of committees can be found here:
In addition to executive and non-executive functions, there are also 'local choice' functions which by law the Council can choose to be either an Executive Function or a Non-Executive Function.
The appendix below sets out how the Council has decided to allocate responsibility for these local choice functions
