s 9JA Overview and scrutiny committee
(1) A committee system local authority may by resolution appoint one or more committees as the authority's overview and scrutiny committee or, as the case may be, committees. (2) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about— (a) the functions, composition and procedure of a committee that has been appointed as an overview and scrutiny committee under this section, and (b) the appointment by committee system local authorities of joint committees and sub-committees as overview and scrutiny committees. (3) Provision under subsection (2) may, in particular, include provision which applies or reproduces (with or without modifications) any provision of, or made under, sections 9F to 9FI or paragraphs 6 to 13 of Schedule A1.