# Health and Social Care Act 2012, Paragraph 5


(1) Where a person is suspended from office as the chair under paragraph 3(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) A person who ceases to be the interim chair is eligible for re-appointment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/schedule/8/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012/schedule-8/paragraph-5
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