Schedule 1, Paragraph 27: Part 6, Chapter 2: The Panel Procedure Section 71: Supplementary provision where Panel replaces single Commissioner
148.This section provides that if the chair of the Commission decides that an application which was being considered by a single Commissioner should instead be considered by a Panel, the single Commissioner who has considered the case may become a member of the Panel. Subsection (3) provides that the Panel may decide to treat anything done by a single Commissioner as done by the Panel. If the Panel decides to do this, the lead member of the Panel must ensure that the Panel acquires the necessary knowledge of the previous work undertaken.