Paragraph 9 Role of overview and scrutiny committeesF1

The power which the combined authority’s overview and scrutiny committee has (or its overview and scrutiny committees have between them) in accordance with paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 5A must include power to recommend that a commissioner’s appointment is terminated.

If a recommendation is made that a commissioner’s appointment is terminated, the combined authority must decide whether or not to accept the recommendation.

A decision to accept the recommendation must be made by a two thirds majority of the non-mayoral members, or substitute members acting in their place, of the combined authority present and voting on the question at a meeting of the authority.

If a decision is made to accept the recommendation, the commissioner’s appointment ceases to have effect when the decision is made.

In this paragraph “non-mayoral members”, in relation to a combined authority, means the members of the combined authority other than the mayor.