82MembershipW
(1)A local authority is to appoint the members of its [F1governance and] audit committee.
(2)A local authority must secure that—
(a)at least two-thirds of the members of [F2that committee] are members of the authority;
(b)at least one member of [F3that committee] is a lay member;
(c)no more than one of the members of [F4that committee] is a member of the authority's executive;
(d)the senior member of its executive is not a member of [F5that committee].
(3)Subsection (2)(c) does not require the membership of a local authority's [F6governance and] audit committee to include a member of the authority's executive.
(4)The appointment of a person as a member of [F7a governance and] audit committee has no effect if the membership of the committee breaches subsection (2) immediately after the appointment (whether or not by virtue of the appointment).
(5)In a case where one or more persons are to become, or to cease to be, members of [F8a governance and] audit committee at a particular time, all those changes of membership are to be taken into account in determining whether the membership of the committee breaches subsection (2).
(6)An act of [F9a governance and] audit committee is invalid if the membership of the committee breaches subsection (2).
[F10(7)[F11A governance and] audit committee is to be treated as a body to which section 15 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (duty to allocate seats to political groups) applies.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 82(1) inserted (1.4.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 10 para. 4(a); S.I. 2021/297, reg. 2(h)
F2Words in s. 82(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 10 para. 4(b)(i); S.I. 2021/297, reg. 2(h)
F3Words in s. 82(2)(b) substituted (1.4.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 10 para. 4(b)(ii); S.I. 2021/297, reg. 2(h)
F4Words in s. 82(2)(c) substituted (1.4.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 10 para. 4(b)(iii); S.I. 2021/297, reg. 2(h)
F5Words in s. 82(2)(d) substituted (1.4.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 10 para. 4(b)(iv); S.I. 2021/297, reg. 2(h)
F6Words in s. 82(3) inserted (1.4.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 10 para. 4(c); S.I. 2021/297, reg. 2(h)
F7Words in s. 82(4) substituted (1.4.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 10 para. 4(d); S.I. 2021/297, reg. 2(h)
F8Words in s. 82(5) substituted (1.4.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 10 para. 4(e); S.I. 2021/297, reg. 2(h)
F9Words in s. 82(6) substituted (1.4.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 10 para. 4(f); S.I. 2021/297, reg. 2(h)
F10S. 82(7) inserted (30.9.2013) by Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 4), ss. 61, 75(2)(d)
F11Words in s. 82(7) substituted (1.4.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 10 para. 4(g); S.I. 2021/297, reg. 2(h)
Commencement Information
I1S. 82 in force at 30.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(1)(j)