Action where person excluded
175.—(1) In this Rule and Rules 176 and 177 an “excluded person” means a person who—
(a)has taken all steps necessary to attend a meeting under the arrangements put in place to do so by the convener of the meeting under section 246A(6) of the 1986 Act; and
(b)those arrangements do not permit that person to attend the whole or part of that meeting.
(2) Where the chair becomes aware during the course of the meeting that there is an excluded person, the chair may—
(a)continue the meeting;
(b)declare the meeting void and convene the meeting again;
(c)declare the meeting valid up to the point where the person was excluded and adjourn the meeting.
(3) Where the chair continues the meeting, the meeting is valid unless—
(a)the chair decides in consequence of a complaint under Rule 177 to declare the meeting void and hold the meeting again; or
(b)the court directs otherwise.
(4) Without prejudice to paragraph (2) of this Rule, where the chair becomes aware during the course of the meeting that there is an excluded person, the chair may, in the chair’s discretion and without an adjournment, declare the meeting suspended for any period up to 1 hour.