7.—(1) The following provisions of the 1972 Act shall apply with respect to meetings of the joint committee as if references to a principal council were references to the joint committee—
(a)section 100A (admission to meetings of principal councils)(1), with the exception of subsections (6), (7) and (8);
(b)section 100(I) (exempt information)(2); and
(c)paragraphs 1 to 11 of Schedule 12A (access to information: exempt information)(3).
(2) Where the public have been excluded from the whole or part of a meeting of the joint committee in accordance with any provision referred to in sub-paragraph (1), the joint committee may exclude co-opted members and observers from that meeting or (a the case may be) the relevant part of that meeting.
Section 100A was inserted by section 1(1) of the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c.43) (“the 1985 Act”). Relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2002/715.
Section 100I was inserted by section 1(1) of the 1985 Act. Relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2006/88.
Schedule 12A was inserted by section 1(2) of and Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1985 Act. Paragraphs 1 to 11 were substituted by S.I. 2006/88. Paragraph 8 was amended by 2007/2194 and prospectively amended by section 2 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010 (c.7).