ARA REPRESENTATION ON ALEXANDRA PARK AND PALACE COMMITTEES Ally Pally is a Charitable Trust.  Haringey Council is the present Trustee.   The Council has mostly devolved responsibility to the AP&P Board, consisting of Haringey Councillors.  There are 2 Committees on which representatives of local residents' associations can sit. AP&P Consultative Committee:  Initiated by the Council during the planning and rebuilding of the Palace after the 1980 fire, it consists of representatives of local residents' associations, non-commercial users of the Park and Palace and other interested bodies.  (For example, The AP Amateur Ice Skating Club, the Hornsey Historical Society and the relevant trade union.)  Also on the Committee are the Councillors who sit on the Board and it is chaired by the Chair of the Board.  It has a purely advisory role. AP&P Statutory Committee:  This is enshrined in the 1985 Act which governs the operation of the Trust.  Its role is broadly to act as a safeguard for the environment of the local area and its inhabitants.  It consists of representatives of local residents' associations, together with Councillors from wards which border Ally Pally.  It is chaired by a representative of a Residents' association.  The Trustees have to consult this Committee on specified matters, and 'have due and proper regard' to its advice.  It does not have power of veto, but can take up issues with the Secretary of State and the Charities Commission.  It will not lose it's role under the proposed changes to the legislation. The Committees meet 5-6 times a year, in the evening, at the Palace.