Regulation 11 Election to officeI1

At the first meeting of a forum and each meeting referred to in paragraph (2) the members must elect two members of the forum to be the chair and vice-chair.

Subject to paragraph (3), the chair and vice-chair hold office as such until the next meeting which falls after the date which is a year after the meeting at which they were elected, and on ceasing to hold office are be eligible for re-election.

A person ceases to hold office as the chair or vice-chair—

In the event of a casual vacancy occurring in the office of chair or vice-chair the members must at their next meeting elect one of their members to fill that vacancy and a member so elected holds office until the date of the meeting at which the chair or vice-chair would have held office had the vacancy not occurred.