SCHEDULE

Constitution
PART 3

Sub-committees

Sub-committees
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1
The Mid Wales CJC may—
a
establish sub-committees;
b
appoint as members of a sub-committee—
i
members of the Mid 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 Mid 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.

Governance and Audit Sub-Committee
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1
The Mid Wales CJC must establish a sub-committee (known as the governance and audit sub-committee) to—
a
review and scrutinise the Mid Wales CJC’s financial affairs;
b
make reports and recommendations in relation to the Mid Wales CJC’s financial affairs;
c
review and assess the risk management, internal control and corporate governance arrangements of the Mid Wales CJC;
d
make reports and recommendations to the Mid Wales CJC on the adequacy and effectiveness of those arrangements;
e
oversee the Mid Wales CJC’s internal and external audit arrangements;
f
review any financial statements prepared by the Mid Wales CJC;
g
exercise such other functions as the Mid CJC may specify.
2
When appointing members of the governance and audit sub-committee, the Mid 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 Mid 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.