E1 Part I Local Government Areas and Authorities in England
Annotations:
Extent Information
Members of principal councils
4 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 3(3) above or section 5(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 I (ss. 1-19) extends to England only: see s. 19