Paragraph 14 Proceedings of a commons council

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), meetings of a commons council and any committee of a council must be open to the public.

The public may, by resolution of the council or committee (as appropriate), be excluded from a council or committee meeting during an item of business in respect of which it is likely that publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest by reason of the confidential nature of that business, or for other special reasons stated in the resolution and arising from the nature of that business.