7AVacancy in office of or absence of President

#### 7A Vacancy in office of or absence of President 7A Vacancy in office of or absence of President > > (1) If there is a vacancy in the office of the President, or the President is absent from his or her duties, the senior of the other members willing to act as President is, if there is no Acting President appointed under section 7B, to act as President, and is, while so acting, to have all the functions of the President. > > > (2) For the purposes only of subsection (1)— > > > > > (a) the members are to have seniority between themselves according to the dates of their commission as members, a member whose commission is dated earlier than that of another member being senior to that other member, and > > > > > (b) if the commissions of two or more members bear the same date, those members are to have seniority between themselves according to the seniority assigned to them by their commission or, failing any such assignment, according to the order of their being sworn. > > **s 7A:** Ins 1995 No 21, Sch 4 (8). Am 1998 No 130, Sch 1 \[2\].