The South Downs National Park Authority (Establishment) Order 2010

Calling of meetings of the Authority E+W

5.—(1) Meetings of the Authority are to be held at such place, whether or not in the South Downs National Park, as the Authority may direct.

(2) At least three clear days before a meeting of the Authority—

(a) notice of the time and place of the intended meeting must be published at the principal offices of the Authority and, where the meeting is called by members of the Authority, the notice must be signed by those members and specify the business to be transacted; and

(b) a summons to attend the meeting, specifying the business proposed to be transacted and signed by the National Park officer, must, subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) below, be left at or sent by post to the usual place of residence of every member of the Authority; and

(c) the National Park officer must send a copy of that summons to the proper officer of each of the South Downs local authorities, Natural England and the Secretary of State.

(3) If a member of the Authority gives notice in writing to the National Park officer requesting that any notice (“summons”) inviting or requiring the attendance of that member at a meeting of the Authority be served at some address specified in the notice other than the usual place of residence of that member, any summons so addressed and left at or sent by post to that address is to be deemed sufficient service of the summons.

(4) Where a member of the Authority and the National Park officer so agree in writing, any summons to attend meetings of the Authority may be given to that member by electronic communication.

(5) Want of service of a summons on any member of the Authority does not affect the validity of a meeting of the Authority.

(6) Except in the case of business required under this Order or any other statutory provision to be transacted at the annual meeting of the Authority and any other business brought before that meeting as a matter of urgency in accordance with the Authority's standing orders, no business may be transacted at a meeting of the Authority other than that specified in the summons relating to that meeting M1 .

(7) For the purpose of calculating the period of three clear days under sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph, any day that is a Saturday, Sunday, bank holiday (being a day which is a bank holiday in England and Wales under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 M2 ), Christmas Day or Good Friday is to be excluded.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 1 para. 5 modified (E.) (4.4.2020) by The Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/392), regs. 1, 12(b) (with reg. 2(4))

Marginal Citations

M1 But see section 100B(4) of the 1972 Act (consideration of items of business), inserted by section 1 of the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c. 43), and applied to National Park authorities by section 100J(1)(cd) of the 1972 Act (inserted by paragraph 12(2)(a) of Schedule 7 to the 1995 Act), which provides that an item may be considered where the chair of the meeting considers it is a matter of urgency by reason of special circumstances which are to be specified in the minutes.

M2 1971 c. 80.