Members of auditor panels
2.—(1) An auditor panel of a relevant authority must have three or more members.
(2) A person may only be appointed as an independent member of an auditor panel if—
(a)the vacancy for an independent member has been advertised by the relevant authority in such manner as it considers is likely to bring the vacancy to the attention of the public; and
(b)the person submitted an application to fill the vacancy to the relevant authority.
(3) If the relevant authority is a local authority operating executive arrangements(1), the function of appointing members of an auditor panel is not the responsibility of an executive of the authority under those arrangements.
(4) If the relevant authority is a local authority within the meaning of section 101 of the 1972 Act (arrangements for discharge of functions), that section does not apply to the authority’s function of appointing members of an auditor panel.
(5) If the relevant authority is the Greater London Authority, the function of appointing members of an auditor panel to fill casual vacancies must be exercised by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly acting jointly on behalf of the Authority.
(6) If the relevant authority is a parish meeting, the function of appointing members of an auditor panel to fill casual vacancies must be exercised by the parish meeting itself (and not by its chairman on behalf of the parish meeting).
See Part 1A of the Local Government Act 2000 (c.22), inserted by Schedule 2 to the Localism Act 2011 (c.20).