The following recommendations of the former Standards and Audit Committee were agreed:
(i) the clause on Responsibility for Standards and Audit Committee (Appendix 1 to the report) under Section 1 of Part 3, and Article 10 – Standards and Audit Committee (Appendix 2 to the report) under Section 1 of Part 2, in the Council’s Constitution be amended as set out within the report;
(ii) the authority delegated to the Monitoring Officer to make minor amendments to the Constitution be noted, including amendments to references within the document and section numbering;
(iii) Monitoring Officer be instructed to make the agreed changes to the Constitution; and
(iv) the Local Government Association be lobbied to provide an off the shelf version of a local authority Constitution that could be adapted by individual councils.