Section 7: (1) Minutes of the proceedings of a meeting of the Council, or of any of its

7. (1) Minutes of the proceedings of a meeting of the Council, or of any of its committee, shall be drawn up in English or French and recorded by the Chief Executive or by any officer appointed for that purpose, and a copy thereof shall be circulated to the Councillors and the Permanent Secretary within one week of the meeting. L18 – 185 [Issue 7] Local Government Act (2) At the next meeting of the Council, the Lord Mayor, Mayor or Chairperson, as the case may be, shall ask the Councillors present whether they approve the minutes of proceedings of the previous meeting and, where no objection is raised, the minutes shall be deemed to have been approved without it being necessary to have them read. (3) (a) After the procedure laid down in subparagraph (2) has been followed, the minutes shall be signed by the Lord Mayor, Mayor or Chairperson, as the case may be, and the Chief Executive or his representative. (b) Any minute purporting to be so signed shall be received in evidence without further proof. (4) (a) A meeting of the Council, or of any of its committee, in respect of which a minute has been so made and signed shall, prima facie, be deemed to have been duly convened and held and all the Councillors present at the meeting shall be deemed to have been duly qualified. (b) Where the proceedings are those of a committee, the committee shall be deemed to have been duly constituted and to have had power to deal with the matters referred to in the minutes.