23 Election of chairman.W
(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.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 23 applied (temp. from 4.5.1995 to 31.3.1996) by S.I. 1995/1042, art. 4(1)
C2S. 23 modified (W.) (22.4.2020) by The Local Authorities (Coronavirus) (Meetings) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/442), regs. 1(3), 11(3)