(1)Subsections (2) and (3) apply at any time after the initial members of the Panel have been appointed under section 65(1)(a).
[F1(2)The Secretary of State may appoint a person to be a member of the Panel, but this power may not be exercised so as to cause the Panel to have more than five members.]
(3)If at any time the Panel has only two members or a single member, it is the duty of the [F2Secretary of State] to ensure that the power under subsection (2) is exercised so as to secure that the Panel again has at least three members.
(4)A person appointed under subsection (2) becomes a member of the Panel in addition to any person who is otherwise a member of the Panel.
F3(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1S. 68(2) substituted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 13 para. 25(2); S.I. 2012/628, art. 7(a)
F2Words in s. 68(3) substituted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 13 para. 25(3); S.I. 2012/628, art. 7(a)
F3S. 68(5) repealed (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 13 para. 25(4), Sch. 25 Pt. 20; S.I. 2012/628, art. 7
Commencement Information
I1S. 68 in force at 1.3.2010 by S.I. 2010/101, art. 3(d) (with art. 6)