(1)Subsection (2) below applies in relation to—
(a)the annual meeting of qualified proprietors required to be called by the clerk of a district salmon fishery board under section 44(1) of this Act, and
(b)the annual public meeting of a district salmon fishery board.
(2)The clerk of the board must, no later than 21 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held—
(a)prepare a notice—
(i)specifying the date and time of the meeting and the place where it is to be held,
(ii)containing a list of the matters to be considered at the meeting,
(iii)stating that the meeting is open to the public, and
(iv)in the case of the annual public meeting, providing information as to how salmon anglers, tenant netsmen and other members of the public can submit proposals for matters to be considered at the meeting,
(b)arrange for the notice to be published in such manner as the clerk considers appropriate, and
(c)send a copy of the notice to the Scottish Ministers.
(3)In relation to any other meeting of a district salmon fishery board, the clerk of the board must—
(a)take such steps as the clerk considers appropriate to publicise the meeting, and
(b)subject to subsection (6) below, ensure that the public are given an opportunity to attend the meeting.
(4)Subsections (5) to (9) below apply in relation to—
(a)the meetings referred to in subsection (1) above, and
(b)any other meeting of a district salmon fishery board.
(5)Subject to subsection (6) below, the board must ensure that the business at the meeting is conducted in public.
(6)In the case of a meeting other than the annual public meeting, the board may, if there is a good reason for doing so, decide to conduct the meeting, or to consider any particular item of business, in private.
(7)As soon as practicable after the meeting, the clerk of the board must—
(a)prepare a minute of the meeting,
(b)arrange for the minute to be published in such manner as the clerk considers appropriate, and
(c)in the case of the minutes of the meetings referred to in subsection (1) above, send a copy of the minutes to the Scottish Ministers.
(8)Subsection (9) below applies where the board decide—
(a)to conduct the meeting in private, or
(b)to consider any item of business at the meeting in private.
(9)The board must state reasons for the decision and ensure that the statement of reasons is included in the minute of the meeting.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 46A-46G inserted (16.9.2013) by Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 7), ss. 24(3), 66(2) (with s. 65); S.S.I. 2013/249, art. 2