# The School Admissions (Appeals Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2012, Paragraph 1: Arrangements made by a local authority or governing body: when coronavirus exception applies


(1) Where one or more members of an appeal panel has to withdraw from membership of the panel, the appeal panel may continue to consider and determine the appeal provided there remains a panel of at least two members, regardless of whether those members meet the requirements of paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 1.
(2) Where sub-paragraph (1) applies, and the member withdrawing is the panel Chair, the admission authority must appoint (or arrange for the clerk to the appeal panel to appoint) one of the remaining members of the panel as the Chair.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/9/schedule/2/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-admissions-appeals-arrangements-england-regulations-2012/schedule-2/paragraph-1
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