Regulation 12 Proceedings etc.I1

England and Wales

(1)

A meeting of the governance and audit sub-committee of a corporate joint committee (“the sub-committee”) is to be chaired—

(a)

by the chairperson, or

(b)

if the chairperson is absent, the deputy chairperson.

(2)

If both the chairperson and the deputy chairperson are absent the sub-committee may appoint another of its members to chair the meeting.

(3)

All members of the sub-committee may vote on any question that falls to be decided by the sub-committee.

(4)

The sub-committee may—

(a)

require members and members of staff of the corporate joint committee to attend before it to answer questions, and

(b)

may invite other persons to attend meetings of the sub-committee.

(5)

It is the duty of any member or member of staff of the corporate joint committee to comply with any requirement imposed under paragraph (4)(a).

(6)

But a person is not obliged under paragraph (5) to answer any question which the person would be entitled to refuse to answer in, or for the purposes of, proceedings in a court in England and Wales.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 12 in force at 15.7.2022, see reg. 1(2)