Independence of the Reconsideration Committee26.

Where the Board establishes a Reconsideration Committee for the purposes of section 207(1)(b) of the Act, paragraph 15 of Schedule 5 to the Act (the Board of the Pension Protection Fund-Committees) applies as if after sub-paragraph (5) there were inserted—

“(6)

A Reconsideration Committee (or any sub-committee established by the Reconsideration Committee under sub-paragraph (2)) established by the Board for the purposes of section 207(1)(b) must not include any person concerned in the reviewable matter in respect of which the reconsideration decision is to be made.”.