Section 21

Every local authority named in Part III of the First

Schedule shall hold an ordinary meeting for the despatch of business on such days and at such hours as it may from time to time appoint but not less than four times in a year.

The Chairman may at any time and shall, at the request in writing of not less than one third of the Councillors, call a special meeting of the local authority, and the day fixed for such meeting shall be within fourteen days of the presentation of such request.

The notice of any special meetings shall specify the object of the meeting, and no other subjects than those specified in the notice shall be discussed at the meeting.

Notice of the time, date and place of every meeting of the local authority shall be served on every Councillor either personally or by leaving the same at his usual place of residence or at his business address not less than thirty six hours before the meeting:

Provided that the accidental omission to serve a notice on any

Councillor shall not affect the validity of any meeting.

All meetings of the local authority shall be open to the public and to representatives of the press unless the local authority by resolution at the meeting otherwise decides:

Provided that this subsection shall not apply to any committee of the local authority unless such committee by resolution otherwise decides.

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