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5.—(1) The Secretary of State shall, on receipt of an application made by an applicant in accordance with regulation 17, constitute a panel in accordance with regulation 6, 7 or 8, as the case may be, for the purpose of reviewing the qualifying determination.
(2) The members of the panel shall be appointed by the Secretary of State from a list of persons (“the central list”) kept by the Secretary of State.
(3) The members of the central list shall include—
(a)social workers who have at least three years’ post-qualifying experience in child care social work including direct experience in adoption work;
(b)social workers who have at least three years’ post-qualifying experience in child care social work including direct experience in fostering work;
(c)registered medical practitioners; and
(d)other persons who are considered by the Secretary of State to be suitable as members of a panel including, where reasonably practicable, persons with personal experience of adoption and persons who are, or within the previous two years have been, a local authority foster parent(1).
“Local authority foster parent” is defined in section 23(3) of the 1989 Act.
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