Paragraph 4 I1
(1)
Where a person is suspended from office as the chair under paragraph 2(6), the Secretary of State may appoint a non-executive member as interim chair to exercise the chair's functions.
(2)
Appointment as interim chair is for a term not exceeding the shorter of—
(a)
the period ending with either—
(i)
the appointment of a new chair, or
(ii)
the revocation or expiry of the existing chair's suspension, and
(b)
the remainder of the interim chair's term as a non-executive member.
(3)
A person who ceases to be the interim chair is eligible for re-appointment.
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 7 para. 4 in force at 1.1.2015 by S.I. 2014/2473, art. 5(m)