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Paragraph 5 Scrutiny committee

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(1)

TfN must appoint a committee (the “scrutiny committee”) to—

(a)

review or scrutinise decisions made, or other action taken, in connection with the discharge by TfN of its functions,

(b)

make reports or recommendations to TfN with respect to the discharge by TfN of its functions, and

(c)

make reports or recommendations to TfN on matters relating to transport to, from or within TfN’s area.

(2)

Each constituent authority is entitled to appoint—

(a)

one member of the authority to be a member of the scrutiny committee, and

(b)

one member of the authority to be a member of the scrutiny committee in the absence of the person appointed under paragraph (a) (a “substitute member”).

(3)

In sub-paragraph (2) the references to a “member of the authority” are to—

(a)

in the case of a constituent authority which is a combined authority, an elected member of the combined authority or of any of the constituent councils of the combined authority, and

(b)

in the case of a constituent authority which is not a combined authority, an elected member of that constituent authority.

(4)

No person who is a member of TfN (including as a substitute member or a co-opted member) may be appointed to be a member or a substitute member of the scrutiny committee.