(1) The Joint Authority shall, at its Annual Meeting, appoint the Chairs of, and approve terms of reference for, such Working Groups as are deemed necessary to conduct the business of the Authority in the forthcoming year ensuring the membership is determined in accordance with the rules of political balance contained in the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.
(2) Where a new Working Group is established during the year, or a casual vacancy occurs in the position of Chair of a Working Group, the meeting of the Authority that establishes the new Working Group, or the meeting of the Authority following the vacancy occurring (as the case may be), shall appoint the Chair of the Working Group.
(3) Each such Working Group shall act as an advisory body to the Joint Authority and its decisions, unless otherwise provided for in its terms of reference, shall have no effect until those decisions are subsequently approved by the Joint Authority.
(4) For the avoidance of doubt no Working Group of the Joint Authority, other than the Appointed Members Working Group, shall have any power to take financial decisions on behalf of the Joint Authority.
(5) The Chair of the Authority shall be notified of, and be entitled to be present at, but not vote at, any Working Group meetings that are called, of which he/she is not already a Member.
(6) The quorum of all such Working Groups shall be half of their approved membership.
(7) Any Member of a Working Group may appoint any other Member of the Authority to attend and act on their behalf at a meeting of that Working Group which they are unable to attend and shall have notified the Clerk accordingly before the relevant meeting.
(8) These Standing Orders, with the exception of Standing Order numbers 3, 5, 6, 8(1),
9(5), 23, 25 and 26 shall apply to all Working Groups of the Joint Authority.
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