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Standing Order Details

S.O.295 Committees - deliberative meetings closed

295. (1) At a deliberative meeting only committee members and committee officers shall be present unless the attendance of other persons has been authprised by the committee.
(2) A committee is authorised to conduct proceedings by electronic communication without Members of the committee or witnesses being present in one place, provided that:
    (a) When a committee deliberates, Members of the committee constituting a quorum are able to speak to and hear each other contemporaneously.
    (b) When a witness gives oral evidence, Members of the committee constituting a quorum are able to hear the witness contemporaneously and to put questions to the witness in each other's hearing.

amended 3 July 2009