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CAP. 385]

Regional Council

[1986 Ed.

Regional Council to elect Chairman and Vice-Chairman.

First Schedule.

Third Schedule,

Duties of Chairman and Vice-Chairman.·

Resignation etc. of Chairman.

or any committee or sub-committee whilst any contract, proposed contract or other matter in which he has an interest to which this section applies is under consideration.

PART IV

CHAIRMAN

22. (1) A Chairman and a Vice-Chairman shall be elected from amongst the members in accordance with the voting procedure specified in the First Schedule at the first meeting of the Regional Council held following 31 March in any year in which elected members are elected by ordinary election

(2) The election of a member as Chairman or as Vice- Chairman shall not create a vacancy on the Regional Council and such member shall hold office as Chairman or Vice-Chairman, as the case may be, only as long as he is a member of the Regional Council. (3) No person shall assume office as Chairman or Vice- Chairman until he has completed a declaration of acceptance of such office in the form prescribed in the Third Schedule and delivered the same to the Secretary.

(4) The Chairman and the Vice-Chairman shall hold office until 31 March of the year in which an ordinary election of elected members is next held and shall be eligible for re-election for a second or subsequent term of office.

(4A)

(5) At the meeting referred to in subsection (1) the Secretary shall preside and shall continue to preside until the Chairman assumes office but shall have neither a casting nor a deliberative vote.

23. (1) Except as provided in section 22(5) the Chairman shall preside at meetings of the Regional Council and shall perform such other duties as are prescribed in this Ordinance.

(2) In the absence of the Chairman, or if at any time the office of Chairman is vacant, the Vice-Chairman shall preside and shall perform such other duties of the Chairman as are prescribed in this Ordinance.

(3) If both the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman are absent from a meeting of the Regional Council the members present shall appoint from among themselves a temporary Chairman to preside at that meeting.

24. (1) The Chairman or the Vice-Chairman may resign his office by giving notice in writing under his hand to the Secretary and section 16(2) shall thereupon apply.

(2) Where the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman resigns, dies or the office of Chairman or Vice-Chairman is otherwise vacated, a new Chairman or Vice-Chairman, as the case may be, shall be elected at the first meeting of the Regional Council thereafter and he shall hold