9.—(1) Charter trustees shall in every year hold an annual meeting within 21 days following the annual meeting of the relevant council.
(2) Other meetings of charter trustees shall be held as they determine.
(3) Paragraph 10 of Schedule 12 to the 1972 Act(1) (meetings: location, publicity, etc) shall apply in relation to meetings of charter trustees as it applies in relation to meetings of parish councils.
(4) No business shall be transacted at a meeting of charter trustees unless at least one-third of the whole number of the charter trustees are present at the meeting; but in no case shall the quorum be less than two.
(5) At a meeting of the charter trustees the mayor, if present, shall preside and, if the mayor is absent from such a meeting, the deputy mayor, if present, shall preside.
(6) If both the mayor and deputy mayor are absent from a meeting of charter trustees, such one of their number as the charter trustees present shall choose shall preside.
(7) Section 228(1) (inspection of documents) and paragraphs 13(1) and 39 to 44 of Schedule 12 to the 1972 Act(2) (meetings and proceedings of local authorities) shall apply to charter trustees as they apply in relation to parish councils.
(8) Charter trustees shall be a body to which the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960(3) applies.
Amended by the Licensing Act 2003 (c.17), Schedule 6, paragraph 61(2)(a).
Section 228(1) was amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (c.43), Schedule 2, paragraph 6(2).
1960 c.67; relevant amendments to which were made by the Local Government (Access to Information Act) 1985 (c.43), Schedule 2, paragraph 4 and Schedule 3 and the Broadcasting Act 1990 (c.42), Schedule 20, paragraph 5.