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Paragraph 6 Calling of meetingsC1

(1)

Meetings of the Authority shall be held at such place, either within or without the National Park for which it is established, as it may direct.

(2)

Three clear days at least before a meeting of the Authority—

(a)

notice F1... of the intended meeting shall be published F2electronically and, where the meeting is called by members of the Authority, the notice shall F3state the names of those members and shall specify the business proposed to be transacted thereat; and

(b)

a summons to attend the meeting, specifying the business proposed to be transacted thereat, and F4authenticated by the proper officer of the Authority shall, subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, be F5sent electronically to every member of the Authority with F6an electronic copy to the proper officer of the council for every principal area the whole or any part of which is within the National Park for which the Authority is established, F7the Natural Resources Body for Wales and the Secretary of State.

F8(2A)

The notice of the meeting given under sub-paragraph (2)(a) must—

(a)

where the meeting or part of the meeting is open to the public and is held through remote means only, give details of the time of the meeting and how to access it;

(b)

where the meeting or part of the meeting is open to the public and is held partly through remote means or is not held through remote means, give details of the time and place of the meeting and how to access it;

(c)

where the meeting is not open to the public and is held partly through remote means or is not held through remote means, give details of the time and place of the meeting and the fact that it is not open to the public;

(d)

where the meeting is not open to the public and is held through remote means only, give details of the time of the meeting, and the fact that it is being held through remote means only and is not open to the public.

(2B)

In sub-paragraph (2)(b) “authenticated” means signed or otherwise authenticated in such manner as the proper officer of the Authority considers appropriate.

(2C)

Every member of the Authority must specify an electronic address for the purpose of receiving a summons referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(b).

(2D)

In this paragraph, references to a meeting of the Authority held through remote means are to a meeting held by means of any equipment or other facility which enables persons who are not in the same place to speak and be heard by each other (whether or not the equipment or facility enables those persons to see or be seen by each other).

(3)

If a member of the Authority gives notice in writing to the proper officer of the Authority that F9that member desires summonses to attend meetings of the Authority to be sent to F10that member at some address specified in the notice F11rather than electronically, any summons addressed to that member and left at or sent by post to that address shall be deemed sufficient service of the summons.

(4)

Want of service of a summons on any member of the Authority shall not affect the validity of such a meeting.

(5)

Except in the case of business required by or under this Order or any other statutory provision to be transacted at the annual meeting of the Authority and other business brought before that meeting as a matter of urgency in accordance with the Authority’s standing orders, no business shall be transacted at a meeting of the Authority other than that specified in the summons relating thereto.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 3 para. 6(2)(a) omitted (1.5.2021) by virtue of The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/356), regs. 1(2), 6(2)(a) (with regs. 10, 11)

F2

Word in Sch. 3 para. 6(2)(a) substituted (1.5.2021) by The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/356), regs. 1(2), 6(2)(b) (with regs. 10, 11)

F3

Words in Sch. 3 para. 6(2)(a) substituted (1.5.2021) by The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/356), regs. 1(2), 6(2)(c) (with regs. 10, 11)

F4

Word in Sch. 3 para. 6(2)(b) substituted (1.5.2021) by The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/356), regs. 1(2), 6(3)(a) (with regs. 10, 11)

F5

Words in Sch. 3 para. 6(2)(b) substituted (1.5.2021) by The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/356), regs. 1(2), 6(3)(b) (with regs. 10, 11)

F6

Words in Sch. 3 para. 6(2)(b) substituted (1.5.2021) by The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/356), regs. 1(2), 6(3)(c) (with regs. 10, 11)

F7

Words in Sch. 3 para. 6(2)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 52 (with Sch. 7)

F8

Sch. 3 para. 6(2A)-(2D) inserted (1.5.2021) by The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/356), regs. 1(2), 6(4) (with regs. 10, 11)

F9

Words in Sch. 3 para. 6(3) substituted (1.5.2021) by The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/356), regs. 1(2), 6(5)(i) (with regs. 10, 11)

F10

Words in Sch. 3 para. 6(3) substituted (1.5.2021) by The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/356), regs. 1(2), 6(5)(ii) (with regs. 10, 11)

F11

Words in Sch. 3 para. 6(3) substituted (1.5.2021) by The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/356), regs. 1(2), 6(5)(iii) (with regs. 10, 11)

Modifications

C1

Sch. 3 para. 6 modified (22.4.2020) by The Local Authorities (Coronavirus) (Meetings) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/442), regs. 1(3), 18