Compliance Audit Committee

Purpose of the Joint Compliance Audit Committee:
A compliance audit committee makes decisions on applications for compliance audits of campaign finances for candidates and third party advertisers in a municipal election or by-election. 

The committee also considers reports from municipal clerks that identify contributors who appear to have
contravened election contribution limits.

If an eligible elector believes, on reasonable grounds, a candidate or registered third party has contravened the rules of the MEA relating to election campaign finances, they can request a compliance audit of the candidate's or registered third party's finances.

Joint Committee for Grey County Municipalities
Section 88.37 of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 (MEA) requires all municipalities to establish a compliance audit committee of not fewer than three members and not more than seven members. The municipalities of Grey County are establishing a joint committee of members who will serve on retainer and from whom sub-committees (Sitting Committees) will be established to address each application for a compliance audit and each instance of identified over-contribution.

The committee will:

• consider whether to grant or reject a compliance audit application made by an eligible elector;
• appoint an auditor, where an application is granted;
• receive and consider the auditor's report and decide whether legal proceedings should be commenced; and 
• consider reports from the Clerk identifying contributors who appear to have contradicted election contribution limits and decide whether legal proceedings should be commenced.

Power and functions of the committee are found in the Municipal Elections Act, 1996.

• Grey County Compliance Audit Committee - Terms of Reference
• Grey County Compliance Audit Committee - Rules of Procedure