Paragraph 8 I1

the authority’s head of paid service F1for authorities other than county councils and county borough councils, and the authority’s chief executive if the authority is a county council or county borough council;

the authority’s chief finance officer;

the authority’s monitoring officer;

the authority’s chief legal officer (who should be consulted when there is any doubt as to the authority’s power to act, as to whether the action proposed lies within the policy framework agreed by the authority or where the legal consequences of action or failure to act by the authority might have important repercussions);