Article 5 Meetings
Subject to the provisions of article 12(5) meetings of the authority shall be held at such places and times as the authority may determine.
Subject to the provisions of this Order, and any Standing Orders made under article 8, the authority shall determine the procedures to be followed at any meeting.
The following bodies or persons may attend, or be represented at, any meeting of the authority, and they or their representatives may, at the discretion of the convener presiding at the meeting, participate in the deliberations of the authority, but may not vote–
partner bodies within the meaning of section 3(23) of the Management of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Act 2005;
the Chief Social Work Officer of each relevant local authority; and
such other bodies or persons as may be specified by the authority in standing orders made under article 8.
Meetings of the authority shall be open to members of the public unless the authority resolves that any meeting, or discussion or vote in the course of a meeting, should be held in private.
Where the authority passes a resolution in terms of paragraph (4) it may also resolve to exclude partner bodies, Chief Social Work Officers or any other bodies or persons, or their representatives, otherwise entitled to attend such meetings in terms of paragraph (3).