Common use of Functioning of the LGB Clause in Contracts

Functioning of the LGB. 3.1. Chair and Vice Chair 3.1.1. The members of the LGB may, for each school year, at their first meeting in that year, elect a Chair from among their number to serve until a successor is elected or a vacancy occurs. A person who is employed by the Company (whether or not at the Academy) shall not be eligible for election as Chair. 3.1.2. The members of the LGB may, for each school year, at their first meeting in that year, elect a vice-Chair from among their number to serve until a successor is elected or a vacancy occurs. Neither a person who is employed by the Company (whether or not at the Academy) nor a person who is at the time of election already a Director of the Company shall be eligible for election as vice-Chair. 3.1.3. Any election of a Chair or vice Chair which is contested shall be held by secret ballot. 3.1.4. The Chair or vice-Chair shall hold office as such until his successor has been appointed. 3.1.5. The Chair or vice-Chair may at any time resign his office by giving notice in writing to the Directors and to the LGB. 3.1.6. The Chair or vice-Chair shall cease to hold office if: s/he ceases to serve on the LGB; s/he is employed by the Company whether or not at the Academy; s/he is removed from office in accordance with paragraph 3.1.11 of this Scheme; or in the case of the vice-Chair, s/he is appointed in accordance with this Scheme to fill a vacancy in the office of Chair. 3.1.7. Where a vacancy arises in the office of Chair, the vice Chair shall fill that vacancy. 3.1.8. Where a vacancy arises in the office of vice-Chair, the members of the LGB shall at its next meeting elect one of their number to fill that vacancy. 3.1.9. Where the Chair is absent from any meeting the vice-Chair shall chair the meeting. 3.1.10. Where the vice-Chair is also absent from the meeting or there is at the time a vacancy in the office of vice-Chair, the members of the LGB shall elect one of their number to act as a Chair for the purposes of that meeting, provided that the person elected shall not be a person who is employed by the Company whether or not at the Academy. 3.1.11. A resolution to remove the Chair or the vice-Chair from office which is passed at a meeting of the LGB shall not have effect unless: it is confirmed by a resolution passed at a second meeting of the LGB held not less than fourteen days after the first meeting; and the matter of the removal from office of the Chair or vice-Chair is specified as an item of business on the agenda for each of those meetings. Before a resolution is passed by the LGB at the relevant meeting as to whether to confirm the previous resolution to remove the Chair or vice-Chair from office, the person or persons proposing his removal shall at that meeting state their reasons for doing so and the Chair or vice-Chair shall be given an opportunity to make a statement in response.

Functioning of the LGB. 3.1. Chair and Vice Vice-Chair 3.1.1. The members of the LGB may, for each school year, at their first meeting in that year, elect a Chair from among their number to serve until a successor is elected or a vacancy occurs. A person who is employed by the Company (whether or not at the Academy) shall not be eligible for election as Chair. 3.1.2. The members of the LGB may, for each school year, at their first meeting in that year, elect a vice-Chair from among their number to serve until a successor is elected or a vacancy occurs. Neither a A person who is employed by the Company (whether or not at the Academy) nor a person who is at the time of election already a Director of the Company shall be eligible for election as vice-Chair. 3.1.3. Any election of a Chair or vice vice-Chair which is contested shall be held by secret ballot. 3.1.4. The Chair or vice-Chair shall hold office as such until his successor has been appointed. 3.1.5. The Chair or vice-Chair may at any time resign his office by giving notice in writing to the Directors and to the LGB. 3.1.6. The Chair or vice-Chair shall cease to hold office if: s/he ceases to serve on the LGB; s/he is employed by the Company whether or not at the Academy; s/he is removed from office in accordance with paragraph 3.1.11 of this Scheme; or in the case of the vice-vice- Chair, s/he is appointed in accordance with this Scheme to fill a vacancy in the office of Chair. 3.1.7. Where a vacancy arises in the office of Chair, the vice vice-Chair shall fill that vacancy. 3.1.8. Where a vacancy arises in the office of vice-Chair, the members of the LGB shall at its next meeting elect one of their number to fill that vacancy. 3.1.9. Where the Chair is absent from any meeting the vice-Chair shall chair the meeting. 3.1.10. Where the vice-Chair is also absent from the meeting or there is at the time a vacancy in the office of vice-Chair, the members of the LGB shall elect one of their number to act as a Chair for the purposes of that meeting, provided that the person elected shall not be a person who is employed by the Company whether or not at the Academy. 3.1.11. A resolution to remove the Chair or the vice-Chair from office which is passed at a meeting of the LGB shall not have effect unless: it is confirmed by a resolution passed at a second meeting of the LGB held not less than fourteen days after the first meeting; and the matter of the removal from office of the Chair or vice-Chair is specified as an item of business on the agenda for each of those meetings. Before a resolution is passed by the LGB at the relevant meeting as to whether to confirm the previous resolution to remove the Chair or vice-Chair from office, the person or persons proposing his removal shall at that meeting state their reasons for doing so and the Chair or vice-Chair shall be given an opportunity to make a statement in response.