Decision - Procedural Business

22a     Declaration of Substitutes

22.1  Councillor Phillips declared that she was substituting for Councillor Kitcat

22b     Declarations of Interest

22.3    Councillors Randall, Harmer-Strange and Simpson declared a personal but not prejudicial interest on any matter regarding the Local Delivery Vehicle (LDV) due to their capacity as Board Members.

22c      Exclusion of the Press and Public

22.4   In accordance with section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (‘the Act’), the Audit Committee considered whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during an item of business on the grounds that it was likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the press or public were present during that item, there would be disclosure to them of confidential information (as defined in section 100A(3) of the Act) or exempt information (as defined in section 100I of the Act).

22.5    RESOLVED - That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of item 36 Non-Public Minutes of the Previous Meeting, and item 37, 38 and 39 Risk Management Action Plans Focus as these items were exempt under Paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the 1972 Act (information relating to the financial or business affairs of the authority).