(1)The Secretary of State may by directions require a regional development agency for which there is a regional chamber under section 8(1)—
(a)to supply the chamber with information of such description as may be specified in the directions,
(b)to answer questions put by the chamber about information supplied to it by the agency and to do so in such manner as may be so specified, and
(c)to take such other steps for the purpose of accounting to the chamber for the exercise of its functions as may be so specified.
(2)A regional development agency shall hold a public meeting within such period after the publication of its annual report as the Secretary of State may by directions specify.
(3)A regional development agency shall give such notice of a meeting held for the purposes of subsection (2) as the Secretary of State may by directions specify and publish it in such manner as he may so specify.
(4)The Secretary of State may give a regional development agency guidance and directions with respect to the conduct of a meeting held for the purposes of subsection (2).