Derbyshire County Council Notification of Members' and Co-opted Members' Disclosable Interests

Member's Full Name:

Neil Kenneth Atkin

Address:

Stenson House
Stenson Road
Stenson
Derbyshire
DE73 7HL

Declaration:

I Neil Kenneth Atkin, a Member of Derbyshire County Council, give notice that - I have set out in the relevant sections of the form, my interests and the interests of my spouse or civil partner, or person with whom I am living as if we were husband and wife or civil partners, of which I am aware, which I am required to disclose under the council's Code of Conduct. Where neither I nor my spouse nor civil partner nor person with whom I am living as husband and wife or civil partners have any interests to disclose within a particular section, I have put 'none'.

I understand and acknowledge that:

I must complete, sign and return this notice within 28 days of my election or appointment to office.
I must register my Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and Personal Interests by providing written notification to the council's Monitoring Officer of the details required as set out in this form.
I must, within 28 days of declaring an unregistered Declarable Pecuniary Interest or Personal Interest at a meeting, provide written notification to the Monitoring Officer of that interest.
Disclosable Pecuniary Interests include not only my interests but also the interests of my spouse or civil partner, a person with whom I am living as husband and wife, or a person with whom I am living as if we were civil partners, so far as I am aware of the interests of that person.
The Localism Act 2011 has created specific criminal offences in relation to the disclosure of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests (Part A of this form). I understand that I commit an offence if, without reasonable excuse, I:
1. Fail to register a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest within 28 days of my election, re-election or appointment to office.
2. Fail to disclose at a meeting of the council the nature and existence of a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest unless I have disclosed the interest to the Monitoring Officer, who has agreed that the interest amounts to a sensitive interest.
3. Fail to notify the Monitoring Officer of a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest that I have disclosed at a meeting of the council within 28 days of the date I made the disclosure.
4. Continue to deal with a matter in which I have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest (other than for the purpose of enabling the matter to be dealt with otherwise than by me) without being granted a dispensation.
5. Provide information that is false or misleading in respect of any notification of my interests and I know that information is false or misleading, or I am reckless as to whether the information is true and not misleading.
Any allegation that I have committed an offence relating to the notification and disclosure of my interests may be investigated by the police and referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions. Upon conviction, I understand that I am liable to a fine not exceeding level 5 (currently £5,000) on the standard scale and that I may be disqualified for up to 5 years from being or becoming a member or co-opted member of any authority.
If I feel I have an interest which, if disclosed on a public register, could lead to me or a person connected with me being subject to violence or intimidation, I will disclose this as a sensitive interest to the Monitoring Officer and seek his or her approval for this information to remain confidential.

Signed

Neil Kenneth Atkin

Date Signed: 8 May 2017

Date Received: 8 May 2017

Signed

John McElvaney

Monitoring Officer Derbyshire County Council

A - Disclosable Pecuniary Interests: Neil Kenneth Atkin

Please answer all parts of this form. You must enter information in every box. If you do not have an interest relating to a specified issue, please put 'none'. Your Disclosable Pecuniary Interests include yours and those of your spouse, civil partner or person you are living with as husband and wife or civil partner Where this form refers to the 'relevant person', this includes you, as a member of Derbyshire County Council, your spouse, civil partner or person you are living with as husband and wife or civil partner. Please provide details of:

Employment, Office, Trade, Profession or Vocation

Any employment, office, trade, profession or vocation carried on for profit or gain, including the name of any person or body who employs or has appointed the relevant person.

You

Your spouse, civil partner or person you are living with as husband and wife or civil partner

Sponsorship

Any payment or provision of any financial benefit (other than from the council) made or provided within the last 12 months in respect of expenses incurred by a relevant person in carrying out your duties as a member, or towards your election expenses (including any payment or financial benefit from a trade union).

You

Your spouse, civil partner or person you are living with as husband and wife or civil partner

Contracts

Any contract made between the relevant person or a body in which the relevant person has a beneficial interest and the council:

under which goods or services are to be provided or works are to be executed
which has not been fully discharged

You

Your spouse, civil partner or person you are living with as husband and wife or civil partner

Land

Any beneficial interest in land which is within the area of the council.

You

Your spouse, civil partner or person you are living with as husband and wife or civil partner

Licences

Any licence (alone or jointly with others) to occupy land in the council's area for a month or longer.

You

Your spouse, civil partner or person you are living with as husband and wife or civil partner

Corporate tenancies

Any tenancy where (to your knowledge) -

the landlord is the council; and
the tenant is a body in which the relevant person has a beneficial interest.

You

Your spouse, civil partner or person you are living with as husband and wife or civil partner

Securities

Any beneficial interest in securities of a body where -

that body (to your knowledge) has a place of business or land in the area of the Council; and
either -
1. the total nominal value of the securities exceeds £25,000 or one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that body; or
2. if the share capital of that body is of more than one class, the total nominal value of the shares of any one class in which the Relevant Person has a beneficial interest exceeds one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that class.

You

Your spouse, civil partner or person you are living with as husband and wife or civil partner

Definitions

'relevant person' means you as a member of Derbyshire County Council or:
1. your spouse or civil partner
2. a person with whom you are living as husband or wife or
3. a person with whom you are living as if you were civil partners
'body in which the relevant person has a beneficial interest' means a firm in which the relevant person is a partner or a body corporate of which the relevant person is a director or in the securities of which the relevant person has a beneficial interest.
'securities' means shares, debentures, debenture stock, loan stock, bonds, unit of collective investment scheme within the meaning of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and other securities of any description, other than money deposited with a building society.
'land' excludes an easement, servitude, interest or right in or over land which does not carry with it a right for the relevant person (alone or jointly with another) to occupy the land or to receive income.

B - Personal interests: Neil Kenneth Atkin

Please answer all parts of this form. You must enter information in every box. If you do not have an interest relating to a specified issue, please put 'none'. Personal Interests are your own interests and do not include those of your husband or wife or civil partner (or person with whom you are living as husband and wife or as civil partners. Please provide details of:

Any body of which you are a governing member or in a position of general control or management and to which you are appointed or nominated by the Council.

Any body:

exercising functions of a public nature
directed to charitable purposes; or
one of whose principal purposes includes the influence of public opinion or policy (including any political party or trade union),

of which you are a governing member or in a position of general control or management and that interest is not a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest which should be listed under part A.

Any trade union of which you are a member and membership of pressure groups, the Freemasons or other influential bodies of which you are a member.

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