# The RTM Companies (Model Articles) (Wales) Regulations 2011, Paragraph 30: Chairing general meetings

Extent: E+W

(1) If the directors have appointed a chair, the chair is to preside over general meetings if present and willing to do so.
(2) 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—
(a) the directors present, or
(b) (if no directors are present), the meeting,
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.
(3) The person acting as chair of a meeting in accordance with this article is referred to as “the chair of the meeting”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2011/2680/schedule/1/paragraph/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rtm-companies-model-articles-wales-regulations-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-30
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