PART 6OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY
CHAPTER 1OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEES
Appointing persons to chair committees
I168When appointments to be made by non-executive group
1
The appointment provision must provide for the appointment of the committee chair in the case set out in this section.
2
The appointment provision must provide that, in that case, the committee chair is to be appointed by the non-executive political group.
3
That case is where—
a
there are two (but not more) political groups on the authority,
b
the authority has only one overview and scrutiny committee, and
c
the authority's executive—
i
includes one or more members of one political group, but
ii
does not include any member of the other political group.
4
In this section “non-executive political group” means the group described in subsection (3)(c)(ii).