PART 3Overview and Scrutiny
Governance and audit sub-committees
Appointment of a chairperson and deputyI111
1
A governance and audit sub-committee of a corporate joint committee must appoint—
a
a chairperson, and
b
a deputy chairperson.
2
The chairperson and the deputy chairperson must be appointed from among the members of the governance and audit sub-committee.
3
The member appointed as the chairperson may not also be a member of a county council or county borough council in Wales.
Proceedings etc.I212
1
A meeting of the governance and audit sub-committee of a corporate joint committee (“the sub-committee”) is to be chaired—
a
by the chairperson, or
b
if the chairperson is absent, the deputy chairperson.
2
If both the chairperson and the deputy chairperson are absent the sub-committee may appoint another of its members to chair the meeting.
3
All members of the sub-committee may vote on any question that falls to be decided by the sub-committee.
4
The sub-committee may—
a
require members and members of staff of the corporate joint committee to attend before it to answer questions, and
b
may invite other persons to attend meetings of the sub-committee.
5
It is the duty of any member or member of staff of the corporate joint committee to comply with any requirement imposed under paragraph (4)(a).
6
But a person is not obliged under paragraph (5) to answer any question which the person would be entitled to refuse to answer in, or for the purposes of, proceedings in a court in England and Wales.
Frequency of governance and audit sub-committee meetingsI313
1
The governance and audit sub-committee of a corporate joint committee (“the sub-committee”) must meet once in every calendar year.
2
The sub-committee must also meet if—
a
the corporate joint committee resolves that the sub-committee should meet, or
b
at least one-third of the members of the sub-committee requisition a meeting by one or more notices in writing given to the chairperson.
3
It is the duty of the person who chairs the sub-committee to secure that meetings of the sub-committee are held as required by paragraphs (1) and (2).
4
This regulation does not prevent the sub-committee from meeting otherwise than as required by this regulation.