(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.
Commencement Information
I1S. 8 in force at 27.3.2020 by S.R. 2020/48, art. 2(a)