Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014

Scrutiny officers

29.—(1) A council must designate one of its officers to discharge the functions mentioned in subsection (2).

(2) Those functions are—

(a) to promote the role of the council’s overview and scrutiny committee or committees;

(b) to provide support to the council’s overview and scrutiny committee or committees and the members of that committee or those committees;

(c) to provide support and guidance to—

(i) councillors;

(ii) members of the executive of the council; and

(iii) officers of the council,

in relation to the functions of the council’s overview and scrutiny committee or committees.

(3) An officer designated by the council under this section is to be known as the council’s “scrutiny officer”.

(4) A council must not designate under this section—

(a) the clerk of the council;

(b) the chief financial officer of the council.

(5) In this section references to an overview and scrutiny committee include any sub-committee of that committee.