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PURPOSE OF COMMITTEE
To ensure that the Council has robust arrangements
for:
• Good governance
including information governance, surveillance, fraud, bribery
and
corruption;
• Maintaining an
effective control environment through an effective approach to
risk
management; and
• Reporting on financial
and performance reporting.
The Committee will also monitor the effectiveness of
the Internal Audit function and the Council’s implementation
of its recommendations, as well as the implementation of the
recommendations of its external auditors.
REMIT OF COMMITTEE
1. Risk Management
The Committee will ensure the effectiveness of the
Council’s risk management system and will:
1.1
receive an annual review of the system of risk management and an
annual report on the corporate risk register and related action
plans;
1.2
receive assurance that services are maintaining and reviewing
Business Continuity Plans in accordance with the priorities
allocated to them;
1.3
monitor the implementation of the Council’s ALEO Assurance
Framework by receiving reports from the ALEO Assurance Hub on the
monitoring and mitigation of risks to the Council associated with
its ALEOs;
1.4
receive an annual report in respect of the Council’s
information governance; and
1.5
approve all relevant policies.
2. Internal Audit
The Committee will:
2.1
approve the Internal Audit Annual Plan;
2.2
consider reports prepared by Internal Audit (with the exception of
reports related to Pensions);
2.3
monitor compliance with Internal Audit recommendations (with the
exception of reports related to Pensions); and
2.4
monitor the performance of Internal Audit.
3. External Audit
The Committee will:
3.1
consider reports prepared by the Council’s External
Auditor;
3.2
monitor the Council’s relationship with the External
Auditor;
3.3
receive reports from the Local Area Network; and
3.4
monitor compliance with External Audit recommendations.
4. Governance, Accounts and Finance
The Committee will:
4.1
approve the Council’s Annual Report and Annual
Accounts;
4.2
approve the annual governance statement;
4.3
approve and monitor the Council’s Code of Corporate
Governance and approve such action as appropriate; and
4.4
monitor the integrity of financial reporting, and governance
processes and internal control functions and approve such action as
appropriate.
5. Legal
obligations
The Committee will:
5.1
consider reports in respect of the whistle blowing policy;
and
5.2
monitor the Council’s compliance with its statutory
obligations relating to surveillance, information governance,
bribery, corruption and fraud, including the approval of all
relevant policies.
6. Scrutiny
The Committee will:
6.1
once a matter, process or practice has been the subject of a report
to Council or committee (including internal and external audits)
and the consideration of the matter concluded by Council or said
committee action (with the exception of quasi judicial matters and
the Appeals, Business Rates Appeals and Community Asset Transfer
Review Sub Committees), the committee, to ensure good practice, can
determine that further consideration is
required. It will not prevent, or alter, any decision being taken
and will only review the effectiveness of decision making, or
monitoring and may make recommendations to the relevant committee
or Council;
6.2
on occasion, where appropriate and as it sees fit, seek information
from partner organisations, contractors or other stakeholders such
as Community Councils or groups of interest on any particular
issue;
6.3
request, where appropriate and in terms of any contract or
agreement, representatives of external organisations to attend and
contribute to meetings; and
6.4
receive reports from regulatory bodies and those providing external
assurance such as the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman and
Inspector of Crematoria, ensure that the Council responds
appropriately and monitor compliance with
recommendations
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