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397F1... Access to meetings and documents.E+W

(1)This section applies to—

(a)any conference convened under any of paragraphs [F2(A1)] to 3 of Schedule 31, and

(b)any standing advisory council F3... constituted under section 390.

(2)Regulations [F4made by the appropriate authority] may make provision—

(a)for meetings of conferences or councils to be, subject to prescribed exceptions, open to members of the public,

(b)requiring conferences or councils to give notice, in such manner as may be prescribed, of the time and place of such meetings, and

(c)requiring conferences or councils, at such time or times as may be prescribed—

(i)to make available for inspection, or

(ii)to provide on payment of such fee as they think fit (not exceeding the cost of supply),

copies of the agendas and reports for such meetings to members of the public.

(3)Regulations made under subsection (2) may apply to—

(a)committees appointed by [F5local authorities] under paragraph 4 of Schedule 31,

(b)sub-committees appointed by conferences under that Schedule, and

(c)representative groups on councils appointed under section 390(4),

as they apply to conferences and councils.

[F6(4)The “appropriate authority” is—

(a)in relation to a conference convened by a local authority in Wales, or a standing advisory council convened by a local authority in Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(b)in relation to a conference convened by a local authority in England, or a standing advisory council convened by a local authority in England, the Secretary of State.]

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F1Words in s. 397 heading omitted (30.4.2021) by virtue of Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4), s. 84(1), Sch. 2 para. 15(2) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2022/111, regs. 1, 3)

F2Word in s. 397(1)(a) substituted (30.4.2021) by virtue of Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4), s. 84(1), Sch. 2 para. 15(3)(a) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2022/111, regs. 1, 3)

F3Words in s. 397(1)(b) omitted (30.4.2021) by virtue of Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4), s. 84(1), Sch. 2 para. 15(3)(b) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2022/111, regs. 1, 3)

F4Words in s. 397(2) inserted (30.4.2021) by Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4), s. 84(1), Sch. 2 para. 15(4) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2022/111, regs. 1, 3)

F6S. 397(4) inserted (30.4.2021) by Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4), s. 84(1), Sch. 2 para. 15(5) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2022/111, regs. 1, 3)

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