STANDING ORDERS & CODE OF CONDUCT

September 2006

STANDING ORDERS (60 - 67)

INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS

60. A Member may for the purpose of his duty as such (but not otherwise) inspect any document in possession of the Council or a Committee and if copies are available shall, on request, be supplied for the like purpose with a copy.

61. (a) All Minutes kept by the Council and by any Committee shall be open for the inspection of any Member of the Council.

(b) The Minutes of the Council shall be open to inspection by any Elector.

UNAUTHORISED ACTIVITIES

62. No Member of the Council or of any Committee or Sub-Committee shall in the name of or on behalf of the Council:-

(a) inspect any lands or premises which the Council has a right or duty to inspect; or

(b) issue orders; instructions or directions

unless authorised to do so by the Council or the relevant Committee or Sub-Committee.

ADMISSION OF THE PUBLIC & PRESS TO MEETINGS

63. The Public and the Press shall be admitted to all meetings of the Council and its Committees and Sub-committees, which may, however, temporarily exclude the Public or the Press or both by means of the following resolutions:

“Than in view of the [special] [confidential] nature of the business about to be transacted, it is advisable in the public interest that the press and public be temporarily excluded and they are instructed to withdraw”.

64. The Council Committee or Sub-Committee shall state the special reason for exclusion.

65. The Clerk shall afford to the Press reasonable facilities for taking their report of any proceedings at which they are entitled to be present. There shall be no audio or video recording or photographs of the Meeting without the express approval of the Council.

66. If a Member of the Public interrupts the proceedings at any Meeting, the Chairman may, after warning, order that he be removed from the Meeting for such period as is necessary to restore order.

CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS

67. (1) No Member of the Council or of any Committee shall disclose to any person not a Member of the Council any business declared to be confidential by the Council or Committee as the case may be.

2. Any member in breach of the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Standing Order shall be removed from any Committee or Sub-Committee of the Council by the Council.

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