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Article 8 Appointment, term of office and cessation of office of the chair

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(1)

The Council shall appoint as their chair the member they elect from among their number to be chair.

(2)

The term of office of a chair is to be determined by the Council on appointment, but it shall be for a period that is no longer than the period between the chair’s date of appointment as chair and the date on which the chair’s term of office as a member is due to expire (irrespective of whether or not they are thereafter reappointed as a member).

(3)

A member serving as chair shall cease to be chair—

(a)

on ceasing to be a member;

(b)

if the member resigns as chair, which the member may do at any time by a notice in writing to the Council;

(c)

if the member’s membership of the Council suspended by the Privy Council; or

(d)

if a majority of the Council, excluding the chair (but not simply a majority at a quorate meeting), votes to terminate the member’s appointment as chair.