Paragraph 30 Chairing general meetingsI1

If the directors have appointed a chair, the chair is to preside over general meetings if present and willing to do so.

If the directors have not appointed a chair, or if the chair is unwilling to preside over 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 act as chair of the meeting, and the appointment of the chair must be the first business of the meeting.

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