6(1)Where a Panel consists of more than one member, either the President or Deputy President or another legal member nominated by the President must preside.U.K.
(2)Decisions of a Panel consisting of more than one member may be taken by majority vote (and, if its members are evenly split, the member presiding has a casting vote).
(3)Panels are to determine applications in private.
(4)A Panel must determine an application without a hearing unless the Panel considers that a hearing is necessary.
(5)The President mayF1... give directions about the practice and procedure of Panels.
(6)Panels must give reasons for their decisions.
(7)Where a Panel has determined an application, the Secretary of State must communicate to the applicant the Panel’s decision and its reasons for making its decision.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 1 para. 6(5) omitted (19.9.2013) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2042), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 28(a)