PART 2Appointment, functions and removal of officers
Election of the chair and vice-chair5
1
Subject to paragraph (2) and to section 18 of the 1998 Act8(Power of Secretary of State to appoint additional governors), the governing body shall elect a chair and a vice-chair from among their number.
2
Prior to the election, the governing body shall determine the date on which the term of office of the chair and vice-chair shall end which shall be either—
a
the first meeting of the governing body after the anniversary of his election as chair or vice-chair; or
b
not less than one year or more than four years from the date of his election.
3
A governor who is paid to work at the school or who is a pupil at the school is not eligible to be chair or vice-chair of the governing body of that school.
4
The chair or vice-chair may at any time resign his office by giving notice in writing to the clerk to the governing body.
5
The chair or vice-chair shall cease to hold office—
a
when he ceases to be a member of the governing body;
b
if he is paid to work at the school in question; or
c
if he is removed from office in accordance with regulation 7 or replaced by a chair nominated by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 18 of the 1998 Act.
6
Where a vacancy arises in the office of chair or vice-chair, the governing body shall at their next meeting elect one of their number to fill that vacancy, subject to paragraph (3) and to section 18 of the 1998 Act.
7
Where the chair is absent from any meeting or there is at the time a vacancy in the office of chair, the vice-chair shall act as chair for all purposes.