Commentary on Sections Part 2 Elected Bodies and Their Members Chapter 4: Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru Section 67 – Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru: governance and audit committee
175.Section 67 amends section 17 of the 2013 Act so that it requires the Commission to establish a governance and audit committee. It also confers additional review and assessment functions on the committee in relation to the Commission’s internal and external audit arrangements, handling of complaints and review of financial statements and reports. Provision is also made which enables the Commission to confer further suitable functions on the committee. Further, the section amends section 18 of the 2013 Act to specify the maximum number of members of the committee, the minimum number of lay members of the committee and to provide that both the committee chair and deputy to the chair, must be lay members of the committee.