Article 39 Minutes of last meetings of councils and committees

(1)

Minutes of the proceedings of the last meeting of a council abolished by section 3(1)(b) of the Act, or of the last meeting of a committee of such council, may be signed by the person who presided thereat in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3), and—

(a)

any minute purporting to be so signed shall be received in evidence without further proof;

(b)

until the contrary is proved, the meeting in respect of the proceedings whereof a minute has been made and so signed shall be deemed to have been duly convened and held, and all the members present at the meeting shall be deemed to have been duly qualified, and where the proceedings are proceedings of a committee, the committee shall be deemed to have been duly constituted and to have had power to deal with the matters referred to in the minutes.

(2)

Minutes of the proceedings of the last meeting of a council abolished by section 3(1)(b) of the Act may be signed as aforesaid if within the seven days following the transmission to every member of the council of a copy of the minutes and of a notification of the purport of paragraph (1) and this paragraph the person who presided at the meeting has not been notified in writing by any such member that he objects to the signing of the minutes.

(3)

Minutes of the proceedings of the last meeting of a committee of a council abolished by section 3(1)(b) of the Act may be signed as aforesaid if within the seven days following the transmission to every member of the committee of a notification of the purport of paragraph (1) and this paragraph, with a copy of the minutes or information as to the availability of a copy for inspection, the person who presided at the meeting has not been notified in writing by any member of the committee that he objects to the signing of the minutes.