# The New Forest National Park Authority (Establishment) Order 2005, Paragraph 4: Chairman and Deputy chairman

Extent: E+W

(1) The election of a chairman and deputy chairman shall be the first business transacted at the annual meeting of the Authority.
(2) The person elected as chairman or deputy chairman of the Authority may at any time resign his office by notice in writing delivered to the National Park officer.
(3) Where a casual vacancy in the office of chairman or deputy chairman of the Authority is filled, the person so appointed shall hold office until the date upon which the person in whose place he is elected would regularly have retired.
(4) Where necessary, the meeting at which the casual vacancy is to be filled shall be convened by the National Park officer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/421/schedule/1/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/new-forest-national-park-authority-establishment-order-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-4
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