PART 6 WOVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY

CHAPTER 2W [F1GOVERNANCE AND] AUDIT COMMITTEES

84Frequency of meetingsW

(1)[F2A governance and] audit committee must meet once in every calendar year.

(2)The [F3governance and] audit committee of a local authority must also meet if—

(a)the local authority resolves that the committee should meet, or

(b)at least one-third of the members of the committee requisition a meeting by one or more notices in writing given to the person who chairs the committee.

[F4(2A)If two or more members of a governance and audit committee are members of the executive who share office, those members together count only as one member of the committee for the purposes of subsection (2)(b).]

(3)It is the duty of the person who chairs [F5a governance and] audit committee to secure that meetings of the committee are held as required by subsections (1) and (2).

(4)This section does not prevent [F6a governance and] audit committee from meeting otherwise than as required by this section.