The Community Health Councils (Constitution, Membership and Procedures) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Election of chair and vice-chair

12.—(1) Regulation 15 (election of chair and vice-chair) of the principal Regulations is amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) Subject to paragraphs (3), (4) and (5), the members of a Council must elect—

(a) one of their number to be chair; and

(b) one of their number, other than the chair, to be vice-chair,

for a maximum period of three years, not being in any case a longer period than the remainder of the period of the elected member’s term of office as a member; and the Chief Officer must notify the Welsh Ministers and the CHC Board immediately in writing of the names of the persons so elected.”

(3) In paragraph (2) for “two” substitute “three”.

(4) Omit paragraph (8).