The Council has a Monitoring Officer to check that the Council is carrying out its statutory functions in accordance with the requirements of local government legislation, the Council's own Standing Orders and the principles of natural justice.

The Monitoring Officer is:Christopher Skinner the Solicitor to the Council.

The Monitoring Officer has custody of the Council's

• Register of Members' Interests

• Register of Interest of Parish Councillors

• Register of Gifts and Hospitality Received

• Register of Authorisations for surveillance under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act

The first three of these may be inspected on application, the last only by Court Order.

There is a  Model Code of Conduct (36kb) which governs the actions of Councillors.

If you wish to complain that a Councillor has breached the Code of Conduct please complete the complete the forms using the guidance notes, and send to the following address:

   -  Guidance Notes (43kb)

   - Members Code of Conduct Complaint Form
   - Ethnicity and Diversity Monitoring Form

Monitoring Officer
Great Yarmouth Borough Council
Town Hall
Hall Plain
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR30 2QF

For complaints about maladministration in connection with actions or decisions of the Council as opposed to individual Councillors, please read the section on the Council's Complaints Procedure. If the problem is not satisfactorily resolved it may then be referred to the Local Government Ombudsman