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Regulation 12 Review panel

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(1)

Within 30 working days of the local authority receiving a request under regulation 11—

(a)

the local authority must appoint a review panel consisting of three persons for the purpose of deciding whether the local authority adequately dealt with the complaint under regulations 9 and 10; and

(b)

the review panel must convene.

(2)

The following persons may not be members of the review panel—

(a)

an officer of the local authority; or

(b)

a spouse or civil partner of an officer of the authority.

(3)

The review panel must include at least two persons who are neither members of the local authority nor spouses or civil partners of members of the local authority.

(4)

The local authority must appoint a member of the review panel who satisfies the requirement in paragraph (3) to be its chairman.