Part IIGeneral Functions and Procedure

Meetings and procedure of the Assembly

56Minutes

1

Minutes of the proceedings of a meeting of the Assembly, or of any committee or sub-committee of the Assembly, shall be kept in such form as the Assembly may determine.

2

Any such minutes shall be signed at the same or next suitable meeting of the Assembly, committee or sub-committee by the person presiding at that meeting.

3

Any minute purporting to be signed as mentioned in subsection (2) above shall be received in evidence without further proof.

4

For the purposes of subsection (2) above, the next suitable meeting of the Assembly, or of a committee or sub-committee of the Assembly, is their next following meeting or, where standing orders of the Authority provide for another meeting to be regarded as suitable, either the next following meeting or that other meeting.

5

In the application of this section in the case of a meeting of the Assembly under section 52(3) above, “minutes” includes—

a

the text of any question put pursuant to section 52(3) above at the meeting, and

b

the text of the answer given to any such question,

whether the question was put, or the answer given, orally or in writing.