Right of persons to attend meetings of joint committees

7.—(1) Subject to regulation 9 and to the Schedule the following persons are entitled to attend any meeting of a joint committee—

(a) any member of the joint committee, provided he is not a member of a governing body who has been suspended in accordance with regulation 15 of the Procedures Regulations;

(b) a head teacher of a collaborating body, whether or not he is a member of the joint committee;

(c) a principal of a collaborating body, whether or not he is a member of the joint committee;

(d) the clerk to the joint committee; and

(e) such other persons as the joint committee may determine.

(2) A joint committee may exclude an associate member from any part of its meeting when the business under consideration concerns an individual member of staff, or an individual pupil or student.