Regulation 12 Powers of vice-chair
(1)
This regulation applies if—
(a)
the chair is suspended under regulation 9 and a non-officer member is appointed to be vice-chair under regulation 11; or
(b)
a non-officer member is appointed to be vice-chair under regulation 10 and—
(i)
the office of chair is vacant for any reason; or
(ii)
the chair is unable to perform the duties of chair owing to illness, absence or any other cause.
(2)
Where this regulation applies—
(a)
the vice-chair is to act as chair until a new chair is appointed or the existing chair resumes the chair's duties (as the case may be); and
(b)
references in Schedule 2 to the chair are, for so long as there is no chair available to perform the duties of the chair, to be taken to include references to the vice-chair.