# The Health Boards (Membership and Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2001, Paragraph 5: Conduct of meetings


(1) At any meeting of a committee the chairperson of that committee, if present, shall preside.
(2) If both the chairperson and vice-chairperson (if any) are absent from a meeting of the Board a member, who does not also hold the position of Chief Officer, Chief Finance Officer or Director of Public Health of a Board, or Chief Officer of a National Health Service trust, chosen at the meeting by the members present shall preside.
(3) If both the chairperson and vice-chairperson (if any) of a committee are absent from a meeting of that committee a member of the committee chosen at the meeting by the other members present shall preside.
(4) If it is necessary or expedient to do so a meeting may be adjourned to another day, time and place.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2001/302/schedule/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-boards-membership-and-procedure-scotland-regulations-2001/schedule/paragraph-5
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