# The Regional Transport Partnerships (Establishment, Constitution and Membership) (Scotland) Order 2005, Paragraph 4: Chairpersons and Deputy Chairpersons


(1) Each Partnership shall appoint from its membership a Chairperson and such number of Deputy Chairpersons as they consider appropriate.
(2) Subject to sub paragraph (3) below, the Chairperson and Deputy Chairpersons of a Partnership shall each hold office for a period to be determined by the Partnership not exceeding two full council terms.
(3) If, prior to the end of their period of appointment, a Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson of a Partnership ceases to be a member of the Partnership, they shall immediately cease to hold office.
(4) The Chairperson, or in the Chairperson’s absence a Deputy Chairperson, shall preside at all meetings of a Partnership, but where both the Chairperson and all Deputy Chairpersons are absent from any meeting the members present shall appoint a Chairperson for that meeting.
(5) In the event of an equality of votes at a meeting, the Chairperson of that meeting shall, subject to sub paragraph (6) below, have a casting vote as well as a deliberative vote.
(6) Where there is an equality of votes at a meeting and the matter which is the subject of the vote relates to the appointment of a member of the Partnership to any particular office, committee or sub committee of the Partnership, the decision shall be by lot.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2005/0110697588/schedule/2/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-regional-transport-partnerships-establishment-constitution-and-membership-scotland-order-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-4
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