The Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020

Frequency of local authority meetings

6.  Schedule 12 to the 1972 Act (meetings and proceedings of local authorities) applies as follows—

(a) any reference to being “present” at a meeting includes being present through remote attendance;

(b) any reference to a “place” where a meeting is held, or to be held, includes reference to more than one place including electronic, digital or virtual locations such as internet locations, web addresses or conference call telephone numbers;

(c) paragraphs 1 and 7 are disapplied;

(d) paragraph 2 is to be read as if—

(i) in subparagraph (1), for “in addition to the annual meeting, such other”, there were substituted “such”;

(ii) in subparagraph (2), “other” were omitted;

(e) paragraph 4(1A)(a) is to be read as if after “at the council’s offices” there were inserted “or on the council’s website”.