Exclusion of the Public
[To consider, and if considered appropriate, to pass the following resolution to exclude the public from the meeting during the consideration of an item of business containing exempt information:
"RESOLVED: that under Section 100 I of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, the public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act, as amended, the relevant paragraph of that part being as set out below, and that it is in the public interest to do so:
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Minutes:
The Committee considered whether or not to exclude the public from the meeting for the consideration of Agenda Item No. 4; Consideration of Investigating Officer's Final Report into Complaint Reference 01/11.
The Legal Advisor to the Committee advised that if the Committee decided to lift the exemption for the purpose of the Consideration Meeting, the exemption would not be applied to the agenda and report for any Final Determination Hearing.
The Committee agreed to lift the exemption as it was not felt that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information. It was however noted that the Investigating Officer's Report contained references to the name of the Subject Member's partner, which was personal data, and which would therefore remain subject to exemption and would be redacted from the public version of the report.
RESOLVED that the public not be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of Agenda Item No. 4 and that the relevant reports therefore be placed in the public domain.