{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-health-councils-regulations-1996/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-health-councils-regulations-1996/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/640",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Health Councils Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-health-councils-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Election of chairman and vice-chairman",
  "text": "(1) The members shall elect—\n(a) one of their number to be chairman; and\n(b) one or two of their number, other than the chairman, to be vice-chairman;\nfor such periods as they may determine on making the election, not being in any case a longer period than the remainder of the period of the elected member’s term of office as a member; and the Chief Officer shall forthwith notify the Secretary of State in writing of the names of the persons so elected.\n(2) A chairman or vice-chairman may at any time resign that office by giving notice in writing to the Chief Officer, who shall forthwith notify the Secretary of State in writing;\n(a) where the chairman has resigned, the members shall elect anoither chairman in accordance with paragraph (1)\n(b) where a vice-chairman has resigned—\n(i) if there is no other vice-chairman, the members shall,\n(ii) if there is another vice-chairman, the members may,\nelect another vice-chairman in accordance with paragraph (1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/640/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:49:20.481612+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}