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  "text": "The Council shall—\n(a) appoint to the Hearings Panel appropriate persons selected from amongst those applying for appointment;\n(b) maintain and publish a list of the appointed persons; and\n(c) remove from that list the name of any person–\n(i) who resigns from the list by giving notice in writing to that effect to the registrar,\n(ii) whose name has been entered in the list for a total of ten years, or\n(iii) who in the opinion of the Council has ceased to be an appropriate person.",
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