5 Combined Family Panels
1 Where, immediately before 13th July 2007, two or more outgoing panels had formed a combined panel, there shall be a combined family panel for the local justice areas covered by the combined outgoing panel.
2 There shall be a combined family panel for the Greater London area.
3 The Lord Chief Justice may, on the application of the family panels concerned and after consultation with the Area Director, give approval for—
(a) the formation of a combined family panel in respect of two or more local justice areas; or
(b) the dissolution of a combined family panel (including a combined family panel referred to in paragraph (1) or (2)).