Who will deal with the complaint?
2.1. The Initial Assessment of any complaint under Stage 1 will be dealt with by the Monitoring Officer or by a person authorised by the Monitoring Officer in consultation with members of the Audit and Governance (Assessment) Panel.
2.2. Any investigation under Stage 2, will be conducted by the Monitoring Officer or a person appointed by the Monitoring Officer ("the Investigating Officer").
2.3. The Council's Audit and Governance (Hearing) Sub-Committee will consider the Investigating Officer's report.
2.4. The Independent Person will be able to attend any meetings held under Stage 2 of the process.