Establishment of Other committees

5.—(1) A local authority operating alternative arrangements must establish in accordance with regulation 6 —

(a) a principal scrutiny committee; and

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

(c) an audit committee;

(d) an employment appeals committee;

(e) a maximum of four other committees, for which the standing orders of the local authority may provide, which only exercise functions which are not, in accordance with these Regulations or any other enactment, the responsibility of the Board of a local authority provided that any decision to establish such a committee is notified to the National Assembly for Wales within seven days of the decision.

(3) The committees mentioned in paragraphs (1) and (2) are in addition to any committees which the authority is required by any enactment to establish.