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8.—(1) This regulation applies where the chair is suspended under regulation 6.
(2) If a vice-chair has been appointed under regulation 7(1) that appointment is to cease to have effect.
(3) The Secretary of State may re-appoint the person mentioned in paragraph (2) or appoint another non-officer member to be the vice-chair.
(4) The appointment of a vice-chair under paragraph (3) must be for a period not exceeding the shorter of—
(a)the period for which the chair is suspended; and
(b)the remainder of the non-officer member’s term of appointment as a member.
(5) When the period for which a member is appointed as vice-chair expires, the Secretary of State may re-appoint the member as vice-chair or appoint another non-officer member as vice-chair.
(6) Any person appointed under paragraph (3) or (5) may at any time resign from office of vice-chair by giving notice in writing to the Secretary of State.
(7) A notice given under paragraph (6) takes effect—
(a)where a date is specified in the notice as that on which the resignation is to take effect, on that date; or
(b)in any other case, on the date that the notice is received by the Secretary of State.
(8) The Secretary of State may terminate a person’s appointment as vice-chair under paragraph (3) or (5) if the Secretary of State is of the opinion that it would be in the best interests of the Authority for another non-officer member to be vice-chair.
(9) If—
(a)a person resigns from the office of vice–chair under paragraph (6); or
(b)the Secretary of State terminates a person’s appointment as vice-chair under paragraph (8),
the Secretary of State may appoint another non-officer member as vice-chair under paragraph (3).
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