15. All approved premises provided by other bodies must be managed by a committee (referred to in this Part as a “management committee”).
16.—(1) Each management committee must prepare a written constitution, which shall not become effective until it has been agreed with the relevant local board or the relevant probation trust, as appropriate.
(2) The constitution must contain information on—
(a)the membership of the management committee;
(b)the duration of appointments to the management committee;
(c)the frequency of management committee meetings;
(d)the quorum of the management committee; and
(e)such other matters as the management committee or relevant local board or relevant probation trust, as appropriate, consider appropriate.
17.—(1) Each management committee must notify the relevant local board or the relevant probation trust, as appropriate, of the dates and times of its meetings and must permit—
(a)a member of the relevant local board or relevant probation trust, as appropriate;
(b)an officer of the relevant local board of the grade of assistant chief officer or above or, where appropriate, an officer of the relevant probation trust of the grade of assistant chief executive or above; and
(c)a person appointed by or on behalf of the Secretary of State,
to attend its meetings for the purpose of giving advice to the management committee.
(2) Each management committee must—
(a)keep minutes of its meetings and make them available for inspection by or on behalf of the Secretary of State and by any auditor appointed to audit its accounts; and
(b)publish an annual report containing the names of its members and such other information as the Secretary of State may require.