SCHEDULEConstitution

PART 3Sub-committees

Governance and Audit Sub-Committee16

1

The North Wales CJC must establish a sub-committee (known as the governance and audit sub-committee) to—

a

review and scrutinise the North Wales CJC’s financial affairs;

b

make reports and recommendations in relation to the North Wales CJC’s financial affairs;

c

review and assess the risk management, internal control and corporate governance arrangements of the North Wales CJC;

d

make reports and recommendations to the North Wales CJC on the adequacy and effectiveness of those arrangements;

e

oversee the North Wales CJC’s internal and external audit arrangements;

f

review any financial statements prepared by the North Wales CJC;

g

exercise such other functions as the North Wales CJC may specify.

2

When appointing members of the governance and audit sub-committee, the North Wales CJC must ensure that—

a

at least one member of the sub-committee is a person who is not a member of a county council, or county borough council, in Wales,

b

at least two-thirds of the membership is constituted by members of the constituent councils (but not members of the constituent councils’ executives), and

c

none of the members of the sub-committee are—

i

council members,

ii

co-opted participants, or

iii

members of the constituent councils’ executives.

3

In sub-paragraph (2), “co-opted participant” means a person co-opted—

a

as a member of a sub-committee other than the governance and audit sub-committee, or

b

to participate in activities of the North Wales CJC other than the activities of the governance and audit sub-committee.

4

The governance and audit sub-committee may not exercise its functions if the membership of the sub-committee contravenes the requirements of sub-paragraph (2).

5

The standing orders must include provision regulating the manner in which the governance and audit sub-committee exercises its functions.