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20.—(1) A specialist adviser—
(a)may be present at any meeting of the Scrutiny Committee at which issues falling within the specialist adviser’s specialty, or related to it, are under consideration by the Scrutiny Committee; and
(b)may be present at any meeting of, or hearing before, the Statutory Committee at which issues falling within the specialist adviser’s specialty, or related to it, are under consideration by the Statutory Committee.
(2) The function of a specialist adviser at a meeting or hearing referred to in paragraph (1) is to advise the Statutory Committee or Scrutiny Committee on issues within the specialist adviser’s areas of expertise that may be referred to the specialist adviser by a member of the relevant committee.
(3) A specialist adviser who is present at a meeting or hearing referred to in paragraph (1)(b) must not be present during the private deliberations of the Statutory Committee.
(4) A specialist adviser must not participate in the decision making of any committee (and is not entitled to vote).
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