49. Appeal Advisory Board

(1)

The Minister may, before deciding an appeal under section 48, refer the appeal (called in this section the referred appeal) to an Appeal Advisory Board established under this section.

(2)

The Appeal Advisory Board must submit to the Minister a written report on the referred appeal, and may include in that report any recommendations that the Board thinks fit.

(3)

The Minister must, before deciding on the referred appeal, consider the report submitted under subsection (2), but is not bound by the recommendations in the report.

(4)

The Minister may from time to time appoint one or more Appeal Advisory Boards, each comprising —

(a)

2 members who are members of any professional body that the Minister thinks fit; and

(b)

a lay person.

(5)

The members of an Appeal Advisory Board —

(a)

are to be appointed by the Minister for any period that the Minister may determine and may be re‑appointed;

(b)

may be removed from his or her office by the Minister; and

(c)

may resign from his or her office, by written notice to the Minister.

(6)

At any meeting of an Appeal Advisory Board, all members must be present to constitute a quorum.

(7)

Subject to this Act, the Appeal Advisory Board may determine its own procedures.

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