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4(1)Where a person is suspended from office as the chair under paragraph 2(6), the Secretary of State may appoint a non-executive member as interim chair to exercise the chair's functions.U.K.
(2)Appointment as interim chair is for a term not exceeding the shorter of—
(a)the period ending with either—
(i)the appointment of a new chair, or
(ii)the revocation or expiry of the existing chair's suspension, and
(b)the remainder of the interim chair's term as a non-executive member.
(3)A person who ceases to be the interim chair is eligible for re-appointment.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 7 para. 4 in force at 1.1.2015 by S.I. 2014/2473, art. 5(m)