Standards and Audit Committee meetings

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Responsibilities

The Standards Committee is responsible for:

promoting and maintaining high standards of conduct by councillors and co-opted members;
assisting councillors and co-opted members to observe the Members' Code of Conduct;
advising the Council on the adoption or revision of the Members' Code of Conduct;
monitoring the operation of the Members' Code of Conduct;
advising, training or arranging to train councillors and co-opted members on matters relating to the Members' Code of Conduct;
granting dispensations to councillors and co-opted members from requirements relating to interests set out in the Members' Code of Conduct;
assessment and, where appropriate, investigation of allegations of misconduct by members or co-opted members, including referring allegations to Standards Board for England where appropriate to do so and dealing with any reports from a case tribunal or interim case tribunal, and any report from the Monitoring Officer on any matter which is referred by an ethical standards officer to the Monitoring Officer;
act as the Council's Audit Committee. In performing this task the Standards and Audit Committee will:

approve the plans of Internal Audit and consider the External Audit plan;
receive the Annual Audit and Inspection letter from External Audit;
receive Internal Audit recommendations for improvements and assurance that action has been taken where necessary;
review summary Internal Audit reports (located on the intranet);
receive a half yearly and annual report from the Chief Internal Auditor on the work of Internal Audit;
receive appropriate matters of concern raised by either External or Internal Audit or other agencies; and
ensure that there are effective relationships between internal and external audit and promote the value of the audit process.

The Committee meets four times a year at the Civic Offices. All meetings of the Committee are open to members of public and are held at 7.00 p.m.

For further information, please contact Member Services on 01483 743863 or email memberservices@woking.gov.uk