Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Governance
30. Method of holding meetings
Feedback & supportA meeting of the public body may be held —
public body
“public body” means a body corporate established by a public Act for the purposes of a public function but excludes a Town Council established under section 4 of the Town Councils Act 1988;
by a quorum of the members, being assembled together at the time and place appointed for the meeting; or
by means of audio, audio and visual, or electronic communication, provided that —
the public body resolves that the meeting, or that all its meetings, may be held by such means;
all of the members who wish to participate at the meeting have access to the technology needed to participate in the meeting; and
a quorum of members can simultaneously communicate with each other throughout the meeting.
For the purposes of this Part, a member of a public body participating in a meeting as permitted under subsection (1)(b)(i) is taken to be present at the meeting of the public body.
member
“member”, in relation to a public body, means —(a)an individual who is appointed under the constitutional Act of the public body as a member of the public body; or(b)an individual who is appointed under the constitutional Act of the public body as a member of the governing body of the public body, where there is a governing body,and includes an individual who is appointed under the constitutional Act of the public body to act in that capacity temporarily;