PART 6

OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY
CHAPTER 2

AUDIT COMMITTEES

Frequency of meetings
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1
An audit committee must meet once in every calendar year.
2
The 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.
3
It is the duty of the person who chairs an audit committee to secure that meetings of the committee are held as required by subsections (1) and (2).
4
This section does not prevent an audit committee from meeting otherwise than as required by this section.