sec.242KParticipating in meetings by audio link or audio visual link

sec.242K Participating in meetings by audio link or audio visual link

The council may allow a person to take part in a meeting of the council by audio link or audio visual link. A committee of the council may allow a person to take part in a meeting of the committee by audio link or audio visual link. A councillor or committee member who takes part in a council meeting under subsection (1) or (2) is taken to be present at the meeting if the councillor or member was simultaneously in audio contact with each other person at the meeting. In this section— audio link see the Evidence Act 1977 , section 39C . audio visual link see the Evidence Act 1977 , schedule 3 . s 242K ins 2020 SL No. 156 s 8 (sec.242K-ssec.1) The council may allow a person to take part in a meeting of the council by audio link or audio visual link. (sec.242K-ssec.2) A committee of the council may allow a person to take part in a meeting of the committee by audio link or audio visual link. (sec.242K-ssec.3) A councillor or committee member who takes part in a council meeting under subsection (1) or (2) is taken to be present at the meeting if the councillor or member was simultaneously in audio contact with each other person at the meeting. (sec.242K-ssec.4) In this section— audio link see the Evidence Act 1977 , section 39C . audio visual link see the Evidence Act 1977 , schedule 3 .