236Councils to broadcast meetings online

236 Councils to broadcast meetings online

236 Councils to broadcast meetings online

(1) Each meeting of a council or council committee is to be recorded by means of an audio visual device.

(2) The recording must—

(a) be made publicly available on the council’s website at the same time as the meeting is taking place, and

(b) remain publicly available on the council’s website until the later of the following days—

(i) the day that is 12 months after the meeting,

(ii) the day the council’s term ends.

(3) (Repealed)

(4) At the start of each meeting of a council or council committee, the chairperson must inform the persons attending the meeting that—

(a) the meeting is being recorded and made publicly available on the council’s website, and

(b) persons attending the meeting should refrain from making any defamatory statements.

(5) This section does not apply to—

(a) any part of a meeting that has been closed to the public in accordance with section 10A of the Act, or

(b) a joint organisation, unless the joint organisation otherwise resolves.

(6) In this section, council committee means a committee of a council all the members of which are councillors.

s 236: Am 2025 (474), Sch 1[7] [8].