Paragraph 6

Meetings of the Council shall be open to the public unless, on the motion of the convener, the Council considers that the business to be conducted at a meeting, or for any part of a meeting, is such as to require, for the protection of confidence, that the meeting or that part, be conducted in private.

The chief officer of the Council shall be entitled to attend any meeting of the Council unless in the opinion of the convener such attendance would be inappropriate.