Article 42 Power to exercise functions of a convener

Any function of a convener may be exercised by the President or by any member of the panel of conveners selected by the President.

Where the President or a member of the panel of conveners determines any preliminary or incidental matter alone, then unless the interests of fairness and justice requires that particular reference to be determined by a Tribunal with the same convener, the reference may be considered by a Tribunal constituted by the President with a different convener, if the President considers necessary or expedient.

Subject to rule 46(6), if the circumstances referred to in paragraph (4) occur after the decision of a convener or of a Tribunal, the functions of the convener for the completion of the proceedings may be exercised by the President or any member of the panel of conveners.

The circumstances referred to in paragraph (3) are–