36.—(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.