SCHEDULEConstitution

PART 3Sub-committees

Sub-committeesF115

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Governance and Audit Sub-CommitteeI116

1

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

a

review and scrutinise the South West Wales CJC’s financial affairs;

b

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

c

review and assess the risk management, internal control F8, performance management and corporate governance arrangements of the South West Wales CJC;

d

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

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review and assess the South West Wales CJC’s ability to handle complaints effectively;

db

make reports and recommendations in relation to the ability of the South West Wales CJC to handle complaints effectively;

e

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

f

review any financial statements prepared by the South West Wales CJC;

g

exercise such other functions as the South West Wales CJC may specify.

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See Chapter 1 of Part 6 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (performance and governance of principal councils), as applied by section 115A of and Schedule 10A to that Act, for further functions of the governance and audit sub-committee.

2

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

a

F9one third of the members of the sub-committee are not also members of a county council, or county borough council, in Wales,

b

F6two thirds of the members of the sub-committee are also members of the constituent councils (but not members of the constituent councils’ executives), and

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none of the members of the sub-committee are—

i

council members,

ii

co-opted members,

iii

members of another sub-committee of the South West Wales CJC, F10...

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If a person described in sub-paragraph (2)(b) (“P”) ceases to be a member of a constituent council, P also ceases to be a member of the governance and audit sub-committee.

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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.