15.—(1) The South West Wales CJC may—
(a)establish sub-committees;
(b)appoint as members of a sub-committee—
(i)members of the South West Wales CJC;
(ii)co-opted participants (see regulation 9).
(2) A sub-committee may exercise only those functions as are delegated to it by the South West Wales CJC (but see regulation 15 and paragraph 16).
(3) The procedures of a sub-committee, including where appropriate any voting procedures, must be set out in the standing orders.
16.—(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 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;
(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.
(2) When appointing members of the governance and audit sub-committee, the South West 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 South West 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.