<\/span><\/h3>\nThe 2014 legislation provides for Strategic Policy Committees to deal with economic development and support for enterprise.\u00a0\u00a0A Strategic Policy Committee shall be established for each authority in relation to economic development and matters connected with the promotion and support of enterprise.<\/p>\n
Ministerial guidelines for their operation may make requirements in relation to consultation of the SPC’s in the formulation of policy and the presentation of policy papers. Ministerial guidelines may provide for procedures for presentation of proposals to the local authority connected with the formulation, development, monitoring and review of policy for these purposes.<\/p>\n
They may provide for format, layout, and classes of policy, paper and other documents including preliminary documents prepared by or presented to the Strategic Policy Committee.\u00a0 They may provide for procedures to insert in sufficient times where inferred by the Strategic Policy Committee as provided prior to completion and subsequent presentation to the local authority.<\/p>\n
For the purpose of assisting a Strategic Policy Committee in considering matters within its limit, the Committee may request attendance of a public authority at the meeting.\u00a0 There are provisions that seek to ensure that members of the public authority as required attend.<\/p>\n
An SPC may request attendance of representatives of a public authority at a meeting of the SPC to assist it in relation \u00a0to its functions and to consider matters connected with formulating \u00a0developing, monitoring and reviewing policies relating to the functions of a local authority.\u00a0 SPCs are obliged to have regard to the spatial and economic strategy of the relevant regional assembly.<\/p>\n
The local authority may by resolution, remove from office a chairperson of a strategic policy group for stated misbehaviour or for reasons related to the performance of functions.There are provisions for removal of chairperson of the corporate policy group and Strategic Policy Committee.\u00a0 A two thirds majority of those present in voting is required.<\/p>\n