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.