# The Smart Meter Communication Licensee Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2020, Article 146: Use of proxies by the chair


(1) Where a proxy appoints the chair (however described in the proxy) as proxy-holder the chair may not refuse to be the proxy-holder.
(2) Where the SMCL administrator is appointed as proxy-holder but another person acts as chair of the meeting, that other person may use the proxies as if that person were the proxy-holder.
(3) Where the chair holds a proxy which includes a requirement to vote for a particular resolution and no other person proposes that resolution—
(a) the chair must propose it unless the chair considers that there is good reason for not doing so; and
(b) if the chair does not propose it, the chair must as soon as reasonably practicable after the meeting deliver a notice of the reason why that was not done to the person making the proxy.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/629/article/146 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/smart-meter-communication-licensee-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2020/article-146
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