# Environment Act 1995, Paragraph 5

Extent: E+W

(1) The members of a National Park authority shall elect, from amongst their members, both a chairman and a deputy chairman of the authority.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) below, the chairman and deputy chairman of a National Park authority shall be elected for a period not exceeding one year; but a person so elected shall, on ceasing to hold office at the end of his term of office as chairman or deputy chairman, be eligible for re-election.
(3) A person shall cease to hold office as chairman or deputy chairman of a National Park authority if he ceases to be a member of the authority.
(4) Where a vacancy occurs in the office of chairman or deputy chairman of a National Park authority, it shall be the duty of the members of that authority to secure that that vacancy is filled as soon as possible.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/25/schedule/7/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995/schedule-7/paragraph-5
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