Paragraph 11 Admission of the public
Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) and paragraph 12, every meeting of a statutory transition committee shall be open to the public.
A statutory transition committee may by resolution exclude the public from a meeting of the committee (whether during the whole or part of the proceedings at the meeting) whenever publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest—
by reason of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted at the meeting; or
for such special reasons as may be specified in the resolution being reasons arising from the nature of the business to be transacted or of the proceedings at the meeting.
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), the committee may treat the need to receive or consider recommendations or advice from sources other than councillors, committees, sub-committees or joint committees of predecessor councils as a special reason for the purposes of subsection (2)(b) without regard to the subject or purport of the recommendations or advice.
The public may attend only in the area designated as the public gallery area of the chosen venue. A separate area will be established for use by the press. Attendance by members of the public and press is subject to the following -
the admission of persons to the public gallery area shall be upon the understanding that they must continue at all times to remain seated, and that no expression of opinion or noise of any kind shall be allowed from them;
that the person presiding may at any time during the proceedings, if considered necessary to secure order, direct the removal of any individual from the gallery, or order the gallery to be wholly cleared.