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Constitution and Audit Committee : Terms of Reference
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- Agendas, reports and minutes of this committee
Membership :
- 7 elected members, politically balanced
- Quorum: 3
Advisory Functions
A Constitution
1. To make recommendations to Council in relation to the operation of the Constitution.
B Audit
1. To make recommendations to Council or the appropriate Committee in the following areas:
Audit Activity
(i) To consider the head of internal audit’s annual report and opinion, and a summary of internal audit activity (actual and proposed) and the level of assurance it can give over the Council’s corporate governance arrangements.
(ii) To consider summaries of specific internal audit reports as requested.
(iii) To consider reports dealing with the management and performance of the providers of internal audit services.
(iv) To consider a report from internal audit on agreed recommendations not implemented within a reasonable timescale.
(v) To consider the external auditor’s annual letter, relevant reports, and the report to those charged with governance.
(vi) To consider specific reports as agreed with the external auditor.
(vii) To comment on the scope and depth of external audit work and to ensure it gives value for money.
(viii) To liaise with the Audit Commission over the appointment of the Council’s external auditor.
(ix) To commission work from internal and external audit.
Regulatory Framework
(i) To maintain an overview of the Council’s constitution in respect of contract procedure rules, financial regulations and codes of conduct and behaviour.
(ii) To review any issue referred to it by the chief executive or a director, or any Council body.
(iii) To monitor the effective development and operation of risk management and corporate governance in the Council.
(iv) To monitor Council policies on ‘Raising Concerns at Work’ and the anti-fraud and anti-corruption strategy and the Council’s complaints process.
(v) To oversee the production of the authority’s Statement on Internal Control and to recommend its adoption.
(vi) To consider the Council’s arrangements for corporate governance and agreeing necessary actions to ensure compliance with best practice.
(vii) To consider the Council’s compliance with its own and other published standards and controls.
Delegated Functions
1. To elect a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson;
2. To determine and investigate call ins, the review / scrutinising of decisions made, or other action taken in connection with the discharge of any functions of the Council or any matter which affects the authority’s area or the inhabitants of that area (including suggested policy development).
Onward Limits on Delegations
Delegations to Corporate Directors and any limitations imposed are set out in the scheme of delegations to officers.
