309Appearance by audio visual link

309 Appearance by audio visual link (1) If the Authority requires a person to attend a meeting of the Authority, the Authority, on its own initiative or at the request of the person, may direct the person to appear before the meeting by audio visual link from a place (the ***remote point***) other than the place where the meeting is to be held. (2) The Authority must not make a direction under subsection (1) unless it is satisfied that both the place where the meeting of the Authority is to be held and the remote point are equipped with facilities that— (a) enable all the members of the Authority attending the meeting to see and hear the person required to attend; and (b) enable the person required to attend to see and hear all the members of the Authority attending the meeting. (3) The Authority, at any time in the course of a meeting, may vary or revoke a direction given under subsection (1), either on its own initiative or at the request of the person required to attend the meeting. (4) A person who, in accordance with a direction given under subsection (1), appears before a meeting of the Authority by audio visual link is taken to have attended the meeting of the Authority.