Audit and Corporate
Governance Committee
The purpose of this
Committee is to advise and review the Council’s
arrangements for internal audit, internal
control, risk management, financial management, standards and
corporate governance. The Committee will also:
·
Promote and maintain high standards of conduct by
Members.
·
Provide independent assurance of the adequacy of the
risk management framework and the associated control
environment.
·
Independently scrutinise the authority’s
financial and non-financial performance, to the extent that it
affects the authority’s exposure to risk and weakens the
control environment and to oversee the financial reporting
process.
·
Approve the financial statements.
·
Approve the Annual Governance Statement.