32 Joint overview and scrutiny committees

32  Joint overview and scrutiny committees

(1)     In the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c 28), for section 123 (joint overview and scrutiny committees: local improvement targets) substitute—

“123 Joint overview and scrutiny committees

(1)     The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision under which any two or more local authorities in England may—

(a)     appoint a joint committee (a “joint overview and scrutiny committee”), and

(b)     arrange for the committee to exercise any functions in subsection (2).

(2)     The functions in this subsection are functions of making reports or recommendations to—

(a)     any of the local authorities appointing the committee (the “appointing authorities”), or

(b)     if any of the appointing authorities is a non-unitary district council, the related county council,

about any matter which is not an excluded matter.

(3)     In subsection (2) “excluded matter” means any matter with respect to which a crime and

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