Paragraph 30 Chairing general meetingsI1

If the directors have appointed a chairman, the chairman shall chair general meetings if present and willing to do so.

If the directors have not appointed a chairman, or if the chairman is unwilling to chair the meeting or is not present within ten minutes of the time at which a meeting was due to start—

must appoint a director or member to chair the meeting, and the appointment of the chairman of the meeting must be the first business of the meeting.

The person chairing a meeting in accordance with this article is referred to as “the chairman of the meeting”.