6.—(1) Meetings of the Commission shall be open to the public unless, on the motion of the convener, the Commission considers that the business to be conducted at a meeting, or for any part of a meeting, is such as to require, for the protection of confidence, that the meeting or that part, be conducted in private.
(2) The chief officer of the Commission shall be entitled to attend any meeting of the Commission unless in the opinion of the convener such attendance would be inappropriate.