Nothing in section 23 or 25 shall—
(a)affect or derogate from any power of excluding persons from a meeting for the purpose of suppressing or preventing disorderly or other misbehaviour at, or disturbance of, the meeting;
(b)require a council to permit the taking of photographs of any proceedings or the use of any means to enable persons not present at a meeting to see or hear any of the proceedings (whether at the time or later) or the making of any oral report on any proceedings as they take place.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 23-27, 31, 48, 123, 126, 127 applied (with modifications) (1.7.2006) by Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1254 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 3(3), Sch. 1 para. 12 (with arts. 49, 62); S.R. 2006/257, art. 2(a)(c)
C2Ss. 23-27 applied (with modifications) (25.1.2010) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), ss. 98(3), 170(3), Sch. 6 para. 23; S.I. 2010/23, art. 2(b)(g)(iii)