PART 6OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY
CHAPTER 1OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEES
Overview and scrutiny committee structure
79Guidance and directions
(1)
The Welsh Ministers may give a local authority—
(a)
guidance about the authority's overview and scrutiny committee structure, or
(b)
directions about the authority's overview and scrutiny committee structure.
(2)
A local authority must have regard to guidance given by the Welsh Ministers under this section.
(3)
A local authority must comply with directions given by the Welsh Ministers under this section.
(4)
In this section, references to a local authority's overview and scrutiny committee structure include (but are not limited to) references to the following things—
(a)
the number of overview and scrutiny committees which the authority has;
(b)
the number of sub-committees (if any) which overview and scrutiny committees of the authority have;
(c)
the functions of overview and scrutiny committees of the authority;
(d)
the functions of sub-committees of overview and scrutiny committees of the authority.