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4.—(1) The General Council shall appoint as the chair of the Education Committee an ordinary member of the Committee—
(a)who is a member of the General Council; and
(b)whom the General Council elects to be the Committee’s chair.
(2) The term of office of the chair shall be determined by the General Council on appointment, but it shall be for a period that is no longer than the period between the chair’s date of appointment as chair and the date on which the chair’s term of office as a member of the Education Committee is due to expire (regardless of whether or not they are thereafter reappointed as a member).
(3) The member of the Education Committee serving as its chair shall cease to be its chair—
(a)if that person ceases to be a member of the Education Committee;
(b)if that person resigns as its chair, which that person may do at any time by a notice in writing to the General Council;
(c)if that person’s membership of the General Council is suspended by the Privy Council or provisionally suspended by the General Council; or
(d)if the General Council votes (and that person may not participate in the vote) to terminate that person’s appointment as chair.
(4) The General Council shall nominate a member of the Education Committee who is also a member of the General Council to deputise for the chair (“the deputy chair”) if the chair is unable to perform the duties of the chair for any reason.
(5) A person serving as deputy chair of the Education Committee shall cease to be its deputy chair—
(a)if that person ceases to be a member of the Education Committee;
(b)if that person resigns as deputy chair, which that person may do at any time by a notice in writing to the General Council;
(c)if that person’s membership of the General Council is suspended by the Privy Council or provisionally suspended by the General Council; or
(d)if the General Council votes (and that person may not participate in the vote) to terminate that person’s appointment as deputy chair.
(6) If for any reason both the chair and the deputy chair of the Education Committee are absent from a meeting of the Committee, the members of the Committee who are present at that meeting shall nominate one of their number who is a member of the General Council to serve as chair of that meeting.
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