Regulation 8 Right of persons to attend meetings of joint committeesI1

England and Wales

(1)

Subject to regulation 10 and to the Schedule the following persons are entitled to attend any meeting of a joint committee—

(a)

any member of the joint committee, provided that the member is not a member of a governing body who has been suspended in accordance with regulation 49 of the Government of Maintained Schools Regulations or regulation 58 of the Federation of Maintained Regulations;

(b)

a head teacher, whether or not that head teacher is a member of the joint committee;

(c)

a principal of a collaborating further education body, whether or not that person is a member of the joint committee;

(d)

the clerk to the joint committee;

(e)

the chief education officer of a local authority which has a collaborating education body in its area or that person’s representative; and

(f)

such other persons as the joint committee may determine.

(2)

A joint committee may exclude a non governor member from any part of its meeting when the business under consideration concerns—

(a)

an individual member of staff,

(b)

an individual pupil or student, or

(c)

admissions.

(3)

A joint committee may exclude a local authority member from any part of its meeting when the business under consideration concerns an—

(a)

individual member of staff, or

(b)

individual pupil or student.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 8 in force at 16.11.2012, see reg. 1(1)