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Paragraph 7 Non-executive members: suspension from officeI1I2

England and Wales

(1)

Where a person is suspended from office as the chair under paragraph 5(4), the Secretary of State may appoint a non-executive member as interim chair to exercise the chair’s functions.

(2)

Appointment as interim chair is for a term not exceeding the shorter of—

(a)

the period ending with either—

(i)

the appointment of a new chair, or

(ii)

the revocation or expiry of the existing chair’s suspension, and

(b)

the remainder of the interim chair’s term as a non-executive member.

(3)

Sub-paragraph (4) applies if—

(a)

a person’s initial term as interim chair is to cease as a result of the expiry of the person’s initial term as a non-executive member, and

(b)

that person is to be re-appointed as a non-executive member.

(4)

The person may be re-appointed as interim chair for a further term determined in accordance with sub-paragraph (2).

(5)

That further term must begin at the end of the person’s initial term as interim chair.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 13 para. 7 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 186(6)

I2

Sch. 13 para. 7 in force at 1.10.2023 by S.I. 2023/1035, reg. 2(c)