Regulation 9 Amendments to the 2001 Regulations
After paragraph (9) of regulation 22, insert—
“(10)Nothing in these Regulations prevents the members of a standards committee electing a chairperson or a vice-chairperson who is an independent member of that committee and who—
(a)has been reappointed as such a member under regulation 21(2); and
(b)was elected as chairperson or vice-chairperson of that committee during that member’s first term of office.”.