# The North Northamptonshire Joint Committee Order 2005, Paragraph 5: Calling of meetings


(1) The chairman of the joint committee or, if the office of chairman is vacant, the vice-chairman of the joint committee may call a meeting of the joint committee at any time.
(2) If-
(a) the chairman or the vice-chairman, if the office of chairman is vacant, refuses to call a meeting of the joint committee after a requisition for that purpose, specifying the nature of the important or urgent business, and signed by six members of the joint committee from at least three constituent authorities, has been presented to him; or
(b) without so refusing, the chairman or, as the case may be the vice-chairman, does not call a meeting within seven days after such requisition has been presented to him,
any five members of the joint committee on that refusal or on the expiration of seven days, as the case may be, may call a meeting of the joint committee.
(3) At least five clear days before a meeting of the joint committee—
(a) notice of the time and place of the intended meeting shall be published at the offices each constituent authority and, where the meeting is called by the members of the joint committee, the notice shall be signed by those members and shall specify the business proposed to be transacted at that meeting; and
(b) subject to paragraph (4), a summons to attend the meeting, specifying the agenda for that meeting, and signed by the chairman, or in his absence, the vice-chairman, shall be left at or sent by post to the usual place of residence of every member of the joint committee with a copy to the proper officer of every constituent authority.
(4) Lack of service of the summons in accordance with paragraph (3)(b) shall not affect the validity of a meeting.
(5) No business shall be transacted at a meeting called by the members of the joint committee other than that specified in the agenda.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1552/schedule/1/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/north-northamptonshire-joint-committee-order-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-5
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