The Independent Review of Determinations (Adoption and Fostering) (Wales) Regulations 2010

Constitution of panels

5.—(1) The Welsh Ministers must, on receipt of an application made by an applicant in accordance with regulation 19, constitute a panel in accordance with regulation 6, 7 or 8, as the case may be, for the purpose of reviewing the qualifying determination.

(2) The members of the panel must be drawn from a list of persons (in these Regulations referred to as “the central list”) kept by the Welsh Ministers, who are considered by the Welsh Ministers to be suitable, by virtue of their skills, qualifications or experience, to be members of a panel.

(3) The members of the central list must include —

(a) social workers who have at least three years' post-qualifying experience in adoption and family placement work;

(b) social workers who have at least three years' post-qualifying experience in child care social work including direct experience of fostering work;

(c) registered medical practitioners, and

(d) other persons who are considered by the Welsh Ministers to be suitable as members including, where reasonably practicable, persons with personal experience of adoption and persons who are, or within the previous two years have been, a local authority foster parent.