45.—(1) An act which these Regulations require or authorise the President to do may be done by a member of the chairmen’s panel authorised by him.
(2) Where a member of the chairmen’s panel authorised under paragraph (1)—
(a)selects the chairman of a tribunal, he may select himself;
(b)makes a decision, regulation 39 applies in relation to that decision as if it referred to the member of the chairmen’s panel in place of the President.
(3) Subject to regulation 49(6), in the event of the death or incapacity of the chairman, or if he ceases to be a member of the chairmen’s panel, following the decision of the tribunal, the functions of the chairman for the completion of the proceedings, including any review of the decision, may be exercised by the President or any member of the chairmen’s panel.