PART 6General
The panel36
1
The local authority must appoint a panel to determine a complaint made under regulation 35.
2
The panel must consist of three members appointed by the local authority.
3
Neither the chair of the local authority nor the presiding member of a local authority may be appointed to the panel.
4
The panel may—
a
confirm a local authority’s decision made under regulation 34(2); or
b
substitute its own decision as to the member’s entitlement to a period of family absence in accordance with these Regulations.
5
The decision of the panel is final.