86Audit committee

86 Audit committee (1) A council must, by resolution, establish and maintain an audit committee.

Local Government Act 2019 54 (2) An audit committee consists of the persons appointed, by resolution, by the council to be members of the committee. (3) The members of an audit committee may consist of, or include, persons who are not members of the council. A member of the council's staff is eligible for appointment as a member of an audit committee (even though staff members are disqualified from membership of the council itself). (4) However, the chairperson of an audit committee must not be a member of the council or a member of the council's staff. (5) The terms and conditions on which a person holds office as a member of an audit committee are to be as determined by the (6) The council may, by resolution, abolish an audit committee. (7) The council must establish or abolish an audit committee in