Regulation 11 MinutesI1

England and Wales

(1)

Minutes of the proceedings of a meeting of a joint committee must be drawn up by the clerk or by the person acting as the clerk for the purposes of the meeting; and must be signed (subject to the approval of the joint committee) by the chair of the next meeting of the joint committee.

(2)

The minutes of proceedings must be entered into a book kept for the purpose by the clerk and may be entered on loose-leaf pages consecutively numbered but in that case the person signing the minutes must initial each page.

(3)

The person acting as clerk to the joint committee for the purposes of any meeting must record immediately before the entry recording the minutes of that meeting in the book or pages used for that purpose the names of those members of the joint committee and of any other person present at the meeting concerned.

(4)

Subject to paragraph (5) the joint committee must, as soon as reasonably practicable make available for inspection at each of the collaborating education bodies by any interested person, and give to the collaborating education bodies—

(a)

a copy of the agenda for every meeting;

(b)

a copy of the signed minutes of every such meeting;

(c)

a copy of any report or other paper considered at any such meeting;

(d)

a copy of the draft minutes of any meeting, if they have been approved by the person acting as chair of that meeting; and

(e)

a copy of the agenda and signed minutes for every meeting and a copy of any report or other paper considered at the meeting.

(5)

The joint committee may exclude from any item required to be made available in pursuance of paragraph (4) any material relating to—

(a)

a named person who works, or who it is proposed should work, at a local authority, a school or further education body;

(b)

a named pupil at, or candidate for admission to, a school or further education body; or

(c)

any other matter that, by reason of its nature, the joint committee is satisfied should remain confidential.

(6)

Each page of published copies of any draft minutes of proceedings of meetings approved by the chair must indicate that they are draft minutes.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 11 in force at 16.11.2012, see reg. 1(1)