{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/queen-margaret-college-edinburgh-scotland-order-of-council-1994/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/queen-margaret-college-edinburgh-scotland-order-of-council-1994/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2371",
  "legislation_title": "The Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh (Scotland) Order of Council 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/queen-margaret-college-edinburgh-scotland-order-of-council-1994",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Appointment of chairman and vice-chairman",
  "text": "(1) The governing body shall appoint a chairman and a vice-chairman from among those governors appointed under article 4(1)(a).\n(2) The following provisions shall apply to any chairman or vice-chairman appointed under paragraph (1)—\n(a) he shall hold office for such period as may be determined by the governing body;\n(b) the period of his office shall not extend beyond his period of office as governor;\n(c) he may resign from office;\n(d) he may be removed from office by resolution of the governing body; and\n(e) he shall cease to hold office if he is deemed to have vacated office as a governor under article 11.\n(3) (a) The chairman shall preside at meetings of the governing body and, in the absence of the chairman, the vice-chairman shall preside.\n(b) In the absence of both the chairman and the vice-chairman, the governing body may appoint one from among the governors appointed under article 4(1)(a) to preside at any meeting.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2371/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:26:12.699023+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}