# The Education Administration Rules 2018, Article 3.23: Action where person is excluded


(1) In this rule and rules 3.24 and 3.25, “excluded person” means a person who has taken all steps necessary to attend a meeting of the members of the further education body under arrangements which—
(a) have been put in place by the education administrator under section 246A(6); but
(b) do not enable that person to attend the whole or part of that meeting.
(2) Where the chair becomes aware during the course of the meeting that there is an excluded person, the chair may—
(a) continue the meeting;
(b) declare the meeting void and convene the meeting again; or
(c) declare the meeting valid up to the point where the person was excluded and adjourn the meeting.
(3) Where the chair continues the meeting, the meeting is valid unless—
(a) the chair decides in consequence of a complaint under rule 3.25 to declare the meeting void and convene the meeting again; or
(b) the court directs otherwise.
(4) Without prejudice to paragraph (2), where the chair becomes aware during the course of the meeting that there is an excluded person, the chair may, in the chair’s discretion and without an adjournment, declare the meeting suspended for any period of up to 1 hour.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1135/article/3.23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-administration-rules-2018/article-3.23
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