PART 5OTHER CHANGES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Remote attendance at meetings

59Remote attendance at meetings of principal councils

1

Section 4 of the 2011 Measure (remote attendance at meetings) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (4), for the words from “remote” to the end substitute “ actual attendance constitutes less than 30% of the total number of members in attendance at the meeting. ”.

3

After subsection (4), insert—

4A

Subsection (4) does not prevent a local authority from making standing orders which require more than 30% of the total number of members in attendance at a meeting to be in actual attendance for the meeting to be quorate.