SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 12The Chief Inspector and other inspectors etc.
Part 1The Chief Inspector
Temporary appointment of Chief Inspector; performance of functions during vacancy or incapacity etc.
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1
The Chief Inspector may designate an HMI to perform his functions during any period when he is absent or unable to act.
2
If (at a time when no designation is in force under sub-paragraph (1)) it appears to the chairman of the Office that the Chief Inspector is, as a result of any incapacity—
a
unable to act, and
b
unable to make a designation under that sub-paragraph,
the chairman may designate an HMI to perform the Chief Inspector's functions so long as he remains in office and is unable to act.
3
For the purposes of this paragraph the Chief Inspector's functions include his functions as a member of the Office.