24Acting appointments—chairperson

24 Acting appointments—chairperson

(1) The deputy chairperson of the Board must act as chairperson—

(a) if the office of chairperson is vacant; or

(b) during any period when the chairperson is absent; or

(c) if the chairperson is, for any other reason, unable to attend meetings of the Board or otherwise unable to perform the duties of the office.

(2) While the deputy chairperson is acting as chairperson, the deputy chairperson—

(a) has and may exercise all the powers, and must perform all the functions and duties, of the chairperson; and

(b) is entitled to be paid the remuneration and allowances to which the chairperson would have been entitled.