Standard Life Assurance Company Act 1991

Chairman and deputy chairman

54The directors may elect a chairman of their meetings and a deputy chairman to act in the absence of the chairman, and may determine the period for which each is to hold office; but if no such chairman or deputy chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the chairman or deputy chairman is not present within five minutes of the time appointed for holding the meeting, the directors present may elect one of their own number to be chairman of that meeting.