3(1)At a meeting of a council the [F1convener], if present, shall preside.S
[F2(2)If the [F1convener] is absent from a meeting of the council, the [F1depute convener] shall preside.
(3)If the [F1convener] and [F1depute convener] are absent from a meeting of the council, another member of the council chosen by the members present shall preside.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 7 para. 3 substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 92(69)(a)(b); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)
F2Sch. 7 para. 3(2)(3) substituted for para. 3(2) by Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 43), Sch. 3 para. 26(a)