Clause 27

Minutes of the proceedings of a Town Council and a committee shall be kept and authenticated in accordance with standing orders.

Until the contrary is proved, a meeting of a Town Council or a committee, in respect of the proceedings whereof a minute has been kept and authenticated in accordance with its standing orders, shall be deemed to have been duly convened and held and all the members present at the meeting shall be deemed to have been duly qualified, and where the proceedings are proceedings of a committee, the committee shall be deemed to have been duly constituted and to have had power to deal with the matters referred to in the minutes.