Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011
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[F183Proceedings etcW
(1)A meeting of a governance and audit committee is to be chaired—
(a)by the committee chair, or
(b)if the committee chair is absent, by the deputy chair.
(2)If both the committee chair and the deputy chair are absent the committee may appoint a member of the committee who is not a member of the local authority's executive, or an assistant to its executive, to chair the meeting.]
(3)All members of [F2a governance and] audit committee may vote on any question that falls to be decided by the committee.
(4)[F3A governance and] audit committee of a local authority—
(a)may require members and officers of the authority to attend before it to answer questions, and
(b)may invite other persons to attend meetings of the committee.
(5)It is the duty of any member or officer of a local authority to comply with any requirement imposed under subsection (4)(a).
(6)A person is not obliged by subsection (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.
(7)[F4A governance and] audit committee is to be treated as a committee of a principal council for the purposes of Part 5A of the Local Government Act 1972 (access to meetings and documents of certain authorities, committees and sub-committees).
F5(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1S. 83(1)(2) substituted (5.5.2022) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 118(2), 175(7); S.I. 2021/297, art. 3(b)
F2Words in s. 83(3) substituted (1.4.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 10 para. 5(c); S.I. 2021/297, reg. 2(h)
F3Words in s. 83(4) substituted (1.4.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 10 para. 5(d); S.I. 2021/297, reg. 2(h)
F4Words in s. 83(7) substituted (1.4.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 10 para. 5(e); S.I. 2021/297, reg. 2(h)
F5S. 83(8) omitted (5.5.2022) by virtue of Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 118(3), 175(7); S.I. 2021/297, art. 3(b)
Commencement Information
I1S. 83 in force at 30.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(1)(j)
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