# The Primary Care Trusts (Membership, Procedure and Administration Arrangements) Regulations 2000, Paragraph 3


(1) At any meeting of a trust the chairman, if present, shall preside.
(2) If the chairman is absent from the meeting the vice-chairman, if there is one and he is present, shall preside.
(3) If the chairman and vice-chairman are absent, such non-officer member as the members present shall choose shall preside.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/89/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/primary-care-trusts-membership-procedure-and-administration-arrangements-regulations-2000/schedule-2/paragraph-3
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