# The Tees Valley Combined Authority Order 2016, Paragraph 2: Chairman and vice-chairman


(1) The Combined Authority must in each year appoint a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its members and the appointments and the order of rotation of the chairman and the vice-chairman are to be the first business transacted after the appointment of members of the Combined Authority, at the first meeting of the Combined Authority, and in subsequent years at the annual meeting of the Combined Authority.
(2) A person ceases to be chairman or vice-chairman of the Combined Authority if they cease to be a member of the Combined Authority.
(3) If a vacancy arises in the office of chairman or vice-chairman, an appointment to fill the vacancy is to be made at the next ordinary meeting of the Combined Authority, or, if that meeting is to be held within 14 days of the vacancy arising, at the meeting following that meeting.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111143674/schedule/1/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-tees-valley-combined-authority-order-2016/schedule-1/paragraph-2
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