Article 7 Terms of indemnity or insurance

Subject to paragraph (2), the terms of any indemnity given (including any insurance secured) under this Order may be such as a council shall agree.

Where any indemnity given to any member or officer (including any insurance secured for that member or officer) has effect in relation to the defence of any criminal proceedings, the indemnity shall be provided (and any insurance secured) on the terms that, if the member or officer in question is convicted of a criminal offence and that conviction is not overturned following any appeal, the member or officer in question shall reimburse the council or the insurer (as the case may be) for any sums expended by the council or insurer in relation to those proceedings pursuant to the indemnity or insurance.

Where a member or officer is obliged to reimburse a council or insurer pursuant to the terms mentioned in paragraph (2), those sums shall be recoverable by the council or insurer (as the case may be) as a civil debt.