Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988

Chairman and vice-chairman

5 (1) The Authority shall in each year appoint a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its members.

(2) Appointments under sub-paragraph (1) above shall be the first business transacted at the annual meeting of the Authority.

(3) Subject to any standing orders made by the Authority, anything authorised or required to be done by or in relation to the chairman may be done by or in relation to the vice-chairman.

(4) The Authority may pay to the chairman and vice-chairman, for the purpose of enabling them to meet the expenses of their offices, such allowances as the Authority thinks reasonable.

(5) The chairman shall, unless he resigns or becomes disqualified, continue in office until his successor becomes entitled to act as chairman.

(6) During his term of office the chairman shall continue to be a member of the Authority until the appointment of the next chairman at the next annual meeting of the Authority.

(7) Where—

(a) the chairman was appointed to the Authority by a participating authority; and

(b) the effect of sub-paragraph (6) above is to extend the period during which he is a member of the Authority;

the appointment by the participating authority of a person to replace him shall not take effect before the appointment of the next chairman of the Authority.

(8) If, apart from sub-paragraph (6) above, the person presiding at the meeting referred to in sub-paragraph (2) above would have ceased to be a member of the Authority, he shall not be entitled to vote on the appointment except in accordance with sub-paragraph (9) below.

(9) In the case of an equality of votes in respect of the appointment of a chairman, the person presiding at the meeting shall give a casting vote in addition to any other vote he may have.

(10) Where a casual vacancy occurs in the office of chairman or vice-chairman of the Authority, the vacancy shall be filled by the appointment by the Authority of one of its members.

(11) Where necessary, the meeting at which such a casual vacancy is to be filled shall be convened by the proper officer of the Authority.

(12) Any person appointed under sub-paragraph (10) above to fill a casual vacancy shall hold office, unless he resigns or becomes disqualified, until such time as the person in whose place he was appointed would have held the office in question had his appointment not come to an end prematurely.