42.—(1) The selection panel shall consider any application for appointment as a Metropolitan Police Authority member which has been made under regulation 41 for the purpose of producing a short-list under regulation 37.
(2) Where an application has been received at a time when no appointment under regulation 7 is required to be made, the selection panel may delay considering it until such time as the panel are required to nominate persons willing to be so appointed.
(3) Subject to paragraph (5), the selection panel may only consider applications under paragraph (1) and may only nominate persons under regulation 44 if all of their members are present.
(4) A decision of the selection panel to nominate a person under regulation 44 may be taken by a majority of its members.
(5) The selection panel may act if four of their members are present if—
(a)not less than one week’s notice was given of the meeting in question;
(b)the member of the panel who is not present has died; or
(c)the member of the panel who is not present has previously consented in writing to the other members acting in his absence.