Powers of vice-chair
12.—(1) This regulation applies if—
(a)the chair is suspended under regulation 9 and a non-officer member is appointed to be vice-chair under regulation 11; or
(b)a non-officer member is appointed to be vice-chair under regulation 10 and—
(i)the office of chair is vacant for any reason; or
(ii)the chair is unable to perform the duties of chair owing to illness, absence or any other cause.
(2) Where this regulation applies—
(a)the vice-chair is to act as chair until a new chair is appointed or the existing chair resumes the chair’s duties (as the case may be); and
(b)references in Schedule 2 to the chair are, for so long as there is no chair available to perform the duties of the chair, to be taken to include references to the vice-chair.