6.—(1) A panel shall consider any application for appointment as a relevant authority member which has been duly made under regulation 5 above.
(2) Where an application has been received at a time when no appointment under paragraph 5 of Schedule 1B to the 1964 Act is required to be made, the panel may delay considering it until such time as the panel are required to nominate persons willing to be so appointed.
(3) Subject to paragraph (5) below, a panel may only consider applications under paragraph (1) above and may only nominate persons under paragraph 8 of Schedule 1C to the 1964 Act if all of their members are present.
(4) A decision of a panel to nominate a person under paragraph 8 of Schedule 1C to the 1964 Act may be taken by a majority of their members.
(5) A panel may act if two of their members are present if—
(a)not less than one week’s notice was given of the meeting in question; or
(b)the member of the panel who is not present has previously consented in writing to the other members acting in his absence; or
(c)the meeting is held for the purpose of making the appointment referred to in paragraph 1(2)(c) of Schedule 1C to the 1964 Act.