Form of alternative arrangements

4.—(1) All local authority operating alternative arrangements must establish—

(a) a Board; and

(b) subject to regulation 6 a principal scrutiny committee; and

(c) subject to regulation 6 such additional scrutiny committees (being not less than three nor more than eight in number) for which the standing orders of the local authority may provide.

(2) A local authority operating alternative arrangements may establish—

(a) a planning committee;

(b) a licensing committee;

(c) area committees for which the standing orders of the local authority may provide; and

(d) an audit committee.

(3) The arrangements set out in these Regulations are specified as the alternative arrangements for the purposes of Part II of the 2000 Act.