PART 1The Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board
Determination of application
I18Appointment of panel
1
An application for compensation under this Part is to be determined on behalf of the Board by a panel appointed by the President of the Board.
2
A panel appointed under this section is to consist of—
a
one judicial member of the Board, who is to be the chair of the panel, and
b
two other members of the Board, neither of whom is a judicial member.
3
The panel must determine—
a
whether compensation should be awarded on the application, and
b
if so, the amount of compensation that should be awarded.
4
A panel appointed under section 6(2) may determine any application which it agreed to receive under that provision (as well as any other application for compensation under this Part); and, where it does so, the panel is to be treated for the purposes of this Act as if it had been appointed under this section.