Tynwald Standing Orders
5. Scrutiny Committee:
5.1 There shall be a Standing Committee of the Court on Scrutiny.
5.2 The Committee shall be composed of five Members.
5.3 The Committee shall –
(a) consider –
(i) items of approved or rejected secondary legislation which have been referred by Members; and
(ii) other items of secondary legislation as the Committee sees fit; and report to Tynwald as and when the Committee sees fit.
(b) (i) examine the Annual Tynwald Policy Decisions Report and consider whether the action taken has adequately responded to Tynwald resolutions,
(ii) consider whether any of the Tynwald Resolutions which have not been fully implemented are appropriate for removal from the list; and
(iii) lay an Annual Report before Tynwald, with recommendations for action where appropriate.
(c) be authorised in terms of sections 3 and 4 of the Tynwald Proceedings Act 1876 as amended and of Standing Orders to take evidence and summon the attendance of witnesses and further to require the attendance of Ministers for the purpose of assisting the Committee in the consideration of its terms of reference.
5.4 A Member of the Committee shall not sit when an item is being considered, in respect of which -
(a) the Member could be perceived as having a personal interest; and/or
(b) the Member is a member of the Department with responsibility for that item, or was a member of that Department at the relevant time.
5.5 In paragraph 5.3, 'secondary legislation‘ includes Orders made by Her Majesty‘s Privy Council extending to the Isle of Man the provisions of an Act of Parliament or of any Order, Rules or Regulations made thereunder.