Regulation 18 Additional rights of access to documents for members of overview and scrutiny committees

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), a member of an overview and scrutiny committee of a local authority shall be entitled to a copy of any document which—

(a)

is in the possession or under the control of the executive of that authority; and

(b)

contains material relating to—

(i)

any business that has been transacted at a private meeting or a public meeting of a decision making body of that authority;

(ii)

any decision that has been made by an individual member of that executive in accordance with executive arrangements; or

(iii)

any key decision that has been made by an officer of the authority in accordance with executive arrangements.

(2)

No member of an overview and scrutiny committee shall be entitled to a copy—

(a)

of such document or part of a document as contains exempt or confidential information unless that information is relevant to;

(i)

an action or decision that he is reviewing or scrutinising; or which is relevant to any review contained in any programme of work of such a committee or sub-committee of the committee; or

(ii)

of a document or part of a document containing advice provided by a political adviser or assistant.