Health and Social Care Act 2012

Suspension from non-executive office

4 (1) This paragraph applies where a person is suspended from office as the chair under paragraph 2(3).

(2) The Secretary of State may appoint a non-executive member as the interim chair to exercise the chair’s functions.

(3) The interim chair—

(a) holds and vacates office in accordance with the terms of the appointment, but

(b) may resign office by giving notice in writing to the Secretary of State.

(4) Appointment as interim chair is for a term not exceeding the shorter of—

(a) the period ending with either—

(i) the appointment of a new chair, or

(ii) the revocation or expiry of the existing chair’s suspension, and

(b) the remainder of the interim chair’s term as a non-executive member.

(5) A person who ceases to be the interim chair is eligible for re-appointment.