PUBLIC NOTICE
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
The SEPA Board will meet at 1330 hours on Tuesday 14 February 2012 in the Boardroom at Bremner House, Castle Business Park, Stirling, FK9 4TF. Meetings are open to the public, except during the consideration of private or confidential items.
A copy of the meeting agenda may be obtained from the Committee Administrator at SEPA Corporate Office, Stirling (tel. 01786 452492).
Allan Reid, Acting Clerk to the Board
SEPA Board
Legally, the Agency Board constitutes SEPA. The members of the Board are appointed by the Scottish Ministers and, as well as appointing the Chairman of SEPA, the Scottish Ministers appoint a member as Deputy Chairman. The Chairman is personally responsible to Scottish Ministers. The Board has responsibility for ensuring that SEPA fulfils the aims and objectives set by the Scottish Ministers and membership of the Board includes a Chief Executive to whom is delegated the day-to-day management of SEPA.
The role of the Board (among other things) is to:
- establish the overall strategic direction of the organisation within the policy and resources framework agreed with the responsible Minister
- oversee the delivery of planned results by monitoring performance of the organisation against agreed objectives and targets
- ensure that SEPA operates sound environmental policies in relation to its own operations
- demonstrate high standards of corporate governance at all times
- ensure that statutory requirements for the use of public funds are complied with.
To provide for greater efficiency and more effective governance the Agency Board has agreed that matters previously considered by the Planning and Finance Committee and the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee will be presented to additional meetings of the Board to be termed a Board Strategy meeting. The Audit Committee will continue in its current form to monitor and review risk, control and corporate governance.
Please note that items of business dealt with at Board Strategy meetings are on occasion confidential and therefore members of the public cannot attend these meetings. Requests for copies of reports considered at the Board Strategy meetings will be dealt with in full accordance with the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 and the Freedom on Information (Scotland) 2002, and taking into consideration issues of confidentiality, copyright and data protection. A public minute of each Board Strategy meeting is placed on the website once approved and every effort is made to put papers from the meetings proactively in the public arena where possible. The Clerk to the Board will be happy to provide further explanation.
The Standing Orders for meetings of the Agency Board and Board Standing Committees outline the rules for the way in which the Board should operate and are available here: Standing Orders 
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Meetings of SEPA's Board are open to the public except during the consideration of private or confidential items.