Composition of appeals tribunals
11.—(1) An appeals tribunal shall consist of not less than three members appointed by the president of the Adjudication Panel (or in his absence the deputy president) from the members of the Adjudication Panel.
(2) The president or the deputy president of the Adjudication Panel may be a member of an appeals tribunal.
(3) A member of the Adjudication Panel may not at any time be a member of an appeals tribunal drawn from the Panel which is to conduct an appeal on a matter relating to a member of an authority if, within the period of five years ending with that time, the member of the Adjudication Panel has been a member or an officer of any of the authorities concerned or a member of any committee, sub-committee, joint committee or joint sub-committee of any of the authorities concerned.
(4) A member of the Adjudication Panel who is directly or indirectly interested in any matter which is, or is likely to be, the subject of an appeal conducted by an appeals tribunal—
(a)must disclose the nature of his interest to the president or deputy president of that Panel; and
(b)may not be a member of an appeals tribunal which conducts an appeal in relation to that matter.
(5) An appeals tribunal shall conduct an appeal using such procedures as it considers appropriate in the circumstances.