# Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012, Paragraph 3


(1) The PNBS may have a temporary chairperson if (for the time being)—
(a) there is no chairperson, or
(b) the chairperson is unavailable to act.
(2) A reference in this Chapter to the chairperson is to be read, where appropriate to do so by virtue of sub-paragraph (1), as meaning or including (as the context requires) the temporary chairperson.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/8/schedule/2A/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012/schedule-2A/paragraph-3
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