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Local Government Act 2000

Section 75: Adjudication Panels

171.Section 75 makes provision for the appointment of two panels of persons known as the Adjudication Panel for England and the Adjudication Panel for Wales (or Panel Dyfarnu Cymru).

172.The members of the Adjudication Panel for England are to be appointed by the Lord Chancellor with the consent of the Secretary of State; he must appoint a president and may appoint a deputy president from among those members. The NAW will appoint members of the Adjudication Panel for Wales. The Assembly must also appoint a president, and may appoint a deputy president, from among them.

173.Subsections (7) and (8) state that certain members of the Adjudication Panel must possess such qualifications as may be determined by the Lord Chancellor (with the consent of the Secretary of State) and National Assembly for Wales respectively.

174.The president and deputy president of each Panel are to be responsible for:

  • training the members of their Adjudication Panel;

  • issuing guidance on how tribunals will reach decisions.

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