# The Health Education and Improvement Wales Regulations 2017, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/909/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-education-and-improvement-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-12
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