SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 25Children to whom section 87 applies: appeals by governing bodies
Procedure on an appeal
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Appeals shall be heard in private except when the local education authority direct otherwise; but—
a
if the panel so direct, one member of the local education authority may attend, as an observer, any hearing of an appeal by an appeal panel; and
b
one member of the Council on Tribunals may attend, as an observer, any meeting of an appeal panel at which an appeal is considered.