Agenda

The Joint Senior Staff Committee is asked to consider passing the following resolution:

“(1)  That pursuant to Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of agenda items 6 and 7 on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during the items, there would be disclosure to them of exempt information (as defined by Section 100I of the Act) of the description specified as appropriate in Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, and 5 of the revised Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act namely:

Para (1): Information relating to any individual.

Para (2): information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual

Para (3): information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

Para (5):  information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings.

(2) That the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

Report to follow.