# The Local Authorities (Coronavirus) (Meetings) (Wales) Regulations 2020, Paragraph 3


The Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 is to be read in relation to a meeting of a local authority held, before the end of 30 April 2021, in accordance with section 24 or (as the case may be) 25 of that Act as if—
(a) in section 24—
(i) in subsection (5), in paragraph (a), for “supplied under that section (supply of agenda etc. to newspapers)” there were substituted “published under that provision”;
(ii) in subsection (5), in paragraph (b)(i), for “open to inspection” there were substituted “published”;
(iii) in subsection (5), sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b), and the “or” which precedes it, were omitted;
(iv) in subsection (7), for “100C(1)(d) of that Act (public access to copies of reports for 6 years after meeting)” there were substituted “100C(2)(d) and (6)(d) of that Act”;
(b) in section 26—
(i) for subsection (6) there were substituted—
“(6) But if section 100C of the Local Government Act 1972 applies in relation to the meeting, the approved summary must indicate the documents in relation to the meeting which have been published electronically under that section.”;
(ii) after subsection (6) there were inserted—
“(6A) Subsection (6B) applies in relation to a meeting which is not open to the public other than by virtue of—
(a) section 1(2) of the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960, or
(b) section 100A(2) or (4) of the Local Government Act 1972.
(6B) The reference in subsection (5) to a decision made at a meeting while the public were excluded includes a reference to a decision made while, in the proper officer’s opinion, it is likely the meeting would not have been open to the public by virtue of—
(a) section 1(2) of the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960, had section 1(1) of that Act applied;
(b) section 100A(2) or (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, had section 100A(1) of that Act applied.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2020/442/schedule/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-coronavirus-meetings-wales-regulations-2020/schedule/paragraph-3
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