# The National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 1992, Paragraph 5

Extent: E+W

(1) A person shall be appointed to act as deputy for the chairman of any discipline committee and the provisions of paragraph 4 shall apply to that appointment as they apply to the appointment of the chairman.
(2) The deputy chairman may, in the absence of the chairman, act in his place and may, if when appointed he was already a member of the committee, continue as a member but when acting as chairman shall act only in that capacity.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/664/schedule/2/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-service-committees-and-tribunal-regulations-1992/schedule-2/paragraph-5
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