# The Mid Eastern Combined Fire Services Area Administration Scheme Order 1995, Paragraph 6: Convener and vice-convener


(1) The board shall appoint from its membership a convener and one or more vice-conveners, but it shall not be competent for—
(a) the convener to be a member of a constituent authority of which any vice-convener is a member; or
(b) a vice-convener to be a member of the constituent authority of which any other vice-convener is a member.
(2) The convener and any vice-convener shall each hold office from the date of his appointment until the next 3 yearly appointment of members of the board, except where—
(a) his appointment is terminated by the board; or
(b) he ceases to be a member of the board.
(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (4) below, the convener, or in his absence, a vice-convener, shall preside at all meetings of the board.
(4) If all of the persons appointed under sub-paragraph (1) above are absent from any meeting of the board the members present shall appoint a substitute convener to preside at that meeting.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2637/schedule/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mid-eastern-combined-fire-services-area-administration-scheme-order-1995/schedule/paragraph-6
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