The Education (Pupil Exclusions and Appeals) (Pupil Referral Units) (England) Regulations 2002

5.  For paragraph 2(7) there shall be substituted—

“(7) The following persons are disqualified for membership of an appeal panel—

(a) any member of the authority or of the management committee (where one exists) of the pupil referral unit in question;

(b) the teacher in charge of the pupil referral unit in question or any person who has held that position within the previous five years;

(c) any person employed by the authority, other than a person employed as a head teacher or a teacher in charge of a pupil referral unit;

(d) any person who has, or at any time has had, any connection with—

(i) the authority or the pupil referral unit, or with any person within paragraph (c), or

(ii) the pupil in question or the incident leading to his exclusion,

of a kind which might reasonably be taken to raise doubts about his ability to act impartially.”