Paragraph 3 Chair and vice-chair

The Combined County Authority must in its first year and in each alternate year thereafter, appoint a chair and a vice-chair from among its constituent members^f1 and the appointments are to be the first business transacted after the appointment of members of the Combined County Authority, at the first meeting of the Combined County Authority, and in subsequent years at a biennial meeting of the Combined County Authority.

An appointment under paragraph (1) may include a reappointment.

The chair and vice-chair must not have been appointed by the same constituent council.

A person ceases to be chair or vice-chair of the Combined County Authority if they cease to be a member of the Combined County Authority.

If a vacancy arises in the office of chair or vice-chair, an appointment to fill the vacancy is to be made at the next ordinary meeting of the Combined County Authority, or, if that meeting is to be held within 14 days of the vacancy arising, at the meeting following that meeting.