(1) The Joint Authority shall at its Annual Meeting appoint the Audit and Governance Committee and its chair.
(2) The Audit and Governance Committee shall comprise of members of the Joint Authority. The Joint Authority may decide how many of its members shall sit on the Committee.
(3) The Audit and Governance Committee shall meet at least 4 times per annum.
(4) The quorum for meetings shall be not less than 50% of its members (rounded up to the nearest whole number).
(5) Where a casual vacancy occurs in the position of chair of the Audit and Governance Committee, the meeting of the ITA Executive Board or the meeting of the Joint Authority (which ever is soonest) next following the vacancy occurring (as the case may be), shall appoint the new chair of the Audit and Governance Committee.
(6) The principal functions of the Audit and Governance Committee shall be approved by the Joint Authority at its Annual meeting and are set out in Schedule 2 of these Standing Orders.
(7) Any member of the Audit and Governance Committee may appoint any other member of the Authority to attend and act on their behalf at a meeting which they are unable to attend and shall have notified the Clerk accordingly before the relevant meeting.
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