Paragraph 2 Chair and vice-chair

(1)

Before the election for the return of the mayor, the Combined County Authority must appoint a chair and a vice-chair from amongst its members and these 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.

(2)

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.

(3)

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.

(4)

The vice-chair must act in place of the chair if for any reason—

(a)

the chair is unable to act, or

(b)

the office of chair is vacant.

(5)

If for any reason—

(a)

the chair is unable to act or the office of chair is vacant, and

(b)

the vice-chair is unable to act or the office of vice-chair is vacant,

no meeting of the Combined County Authority may take place.

(6)

The chair of the Combined County Authority ceases to hold office, and the office of vice chair is abolished, at the end of the day before the first mayor’s term of office begins^f1.

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Footnotes

f1: Section 27(6) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 provides that the mayor for the area of a combined county authority is by virtue of that office a member of, and chair of, the combined county authority.