E1 Part II Local Government Areas and Authorities in Wales
Annotations:
Extent Information
Members of principal councils
C1C223 Election of chairman.
1
The election of the chairman shall be the first business transacted at the annual meeting of a principal council.
2
If, apart from section 22(3) above or section 24(2) below, the person presiding at the meeting would have ceased to be a member of the council, he shall not be entitled to vote in the election except in accordance with subsection (3) below.
3
In the case of an equality of votes the person presiding at the meeting shall give a casting vote in addition to any other vote he may have.
Part II (ss. 20-38) extends to Wales only: see s. 38