# The Police Act 1997 (Provisions in relation to the NCIS Service Authority) Order 1998, Paragraph 4


(1) Meetings of the Authority shall be held at such place as it may direct.
(2) Seven clear days at least before a meeting of the Authority—
(a) notice of the time and place of the intended meeting shall be published at the Authority’s offices, and where the meeting is called by members of the Authority the notice shall be signed by 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 signed by the proper officer of the Authority, shall, subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, be left at or sent by post to the usual place of residence of every member of the Authority.
(3) If a member of the Authority gives notice in writing to the proper officer of the Authority that he desires summonses to attend meetings of the Authority to be sent to him at some address specified in the notice other than this place of residence, any summons addressed to him 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 a meeting of the Authority.
(5) Except in the case of business required by or under this Order or any other enactment 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/633/schedule/1/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-provisions-in-relation-to-the-ncis-service-authority-order-1998/schedule-1/paragraph-4
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