Paragraph 25 Chairing general meetingsI1
United Kingdom
(1)
If the directors have appointed a chairman, the chairman shall chair general meetings if present and willing to do so.
(2)
If the directors have not appointed a chairman, or if the chairman is unwilling to chair the meeting or is not present within ten minutes of the time at which a meeting was due to start—
(a)
the directors present, or
(b)
(if no directors are present), the meeting,
must appoint a director or member to chair the meeting, and the appointment of the chairman of the meeting must be the first business of the meeting.
(3)
The person chairing a meeting in accordance with this article is referred to as “the chairman of the meeting”.
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 2 art. 25 in force at 1.10.2009, see reg. 1