Part 1: The Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board Section 8: Appointment of panel
This section gives the President of the Board the power to appoint a Panel to make a determination on an application.
	Subsection (2) sets out that a Panel will be made up of one judicial member and two non-judicial members. The judicial member will chair a panel.
	Subsection (3) means that the Panel must decide if compensation should be awarded and if so, the amount of the award.
	Subsection (4) means that a panel may also determine an application which it agreed to receive under section 6(2).