Paragraph 17

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. para. 6(1) words revoked by Local Government Act 2003 Sch. 8 Pt. 2
Sch. para. 6(2) words revoked by Local Government Act 2003 Sch. 8 Pt. 2
Sch. para. 20(2) revoked by Local Government Act 2003 Sch. 8 Pt. 2
Sch. para. 21 revoked by Local Government Act 2003 Sch. 8 Pt. 2
Sch. para. 2 word omitted by Combined Fire and Rescue Authorities (Membership and Allowances) 2020 Sch. 14 para. 1(a)
Sch. para. 2 words inserted by Combined Fire and Rescue Authorities (Membership and Allowances) 2020 Sch. 14 para. 1(b)
Sch. para. 11 substituted by Combined Fire and Rescue Authorities (Membership and Allowances) 2020 Sch. 14 para. 2
Sch. para. 12(1) words in Sch. para. 12 renumbered as Sch. para. 12(1) by Combined Fire and Rescue Authorities (Membership and Allowances) 2020 Sch. 14 para. 3(a)
Sch. para. 12(2) inserted by Combined Fire and Rescue Authorities (Membership and Allowances) 2020 Sch. 14 para. 3(b)
Sch. para. 12A 12B inserted by Combined Fire and Rescue Authorities (Membership and Allowances) 2020 Sch. 14 para. 4
Sch. para. 13 words inserted by Combined Fire and Rescue Authorities (Membership and Allowances) 2020 Sch. 14 para. 5
Sch. para. 13A inserted by Combined Fire and Rescue Authorities (Membership and Allowances) 2020 Sch. 14 para. 6
Sch. para. 16(1) words inserted by Combined Fire and Rescue Authorities (Membership and Allowances) 2020 Sch. 14 para. 7(a)
Sch. para. 16(2) words inserted by Combined Fire and Rescue Authorities (Membership and Allowances) 2020 Sch. 14 para. 7(b)
Sch. para. 20(1) words substituted by Combined Fire and Rescue Authorities (Membership and Allowances) 2020 Sch. 14 para. 8

(1)

The Authority shall elect a chairman, and may elect a vice-chairman, from among its members.

(2)

The chairman and the vice-chairman, if elected, shall, subject to paragraphs 13 to 16, hold office for such period not exceeding one year as the Authority shall determine.

(3)

Sub-paragraph (2) shall not prevent a person who holds or has held office as chairman or vice-chairman, as the case may be, from being elected or re-elected to either of those offices.

(4)

On a casual vacancy occurring in the office of chairman or vice-chairman, the Authority shall elect from its members a person to replace the chairman, and may so elect a person to replace the vice-chairman, as the case may be.

(5)

The election to replace the chairman under sub-paragraph (4) shall take place not later than the next following ordinary meeting of the Authority.