# The Valuation Joint Boards (Scotland) Order 1995, Paragraph 3: Conveners and depute conveners


(1) Each board shall appoint from its membership a convener and depute convener, but the convener and depute convener shall not, at any time, be members of the same constituent authority.
(2) The convener and depute convener of a board shall each hold office until whichever is the earlier of—
(a) the date of the ordinary election next following the date of his appointment; and
(b) the date of his ceasing to be a member of the board.
(3) The convener, or in his absence the depute convener, shall preside at all meetings of a board, but where both the convener and the depute convener are absent from any meeting the members present shall appoint a convener for that meeting.
(4) In the event of an equality of votes at a meeting, the convener of that meeting shall, subject to sub-paragraph (5) below, have a casting vote as well as a deliberative vote.
(5) Where there is an equality of votes at a meeting and the matter which is the subject of the vote relates to the appointment of a member of the board to any particular office or sub-committee of the board, the decision shall be by lot.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2589/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/valuation-joint-boards-scotland-order-1995/schedule-2/paragraph-3
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