Financial Sector Regulation Act, 2017 (Act No. 9 of 2017)

Chapter 15 : Financial Services Tribunal

Part 2 : Financial Services Tribunal

224. Panels of Tribunal

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(1)The Chairperson must constitute a panel of the Tribunal for each application for reconsideration of a decision.

 

(2)The panel constituted to consider an application for the reconsideration of a decision is the decision-making body of the Tribunal, and the panel exercises any of the powers of the Tribunal relating to the reconsideration of the decision.

 

(3)The decision of the panel is the decision of the Tribunal as referred to in sections 234, 235 and 236 in respect of an application for the reconsideration of a decision.

 

(4)A panel consists of—
(a)a person to preside over the panel, who must be a person referred to in section 220(2)(a) or 225(2)(a)(i); and
(b)two or more persons who are Tribunal members or persons on the panel list.

 

(5)If, for any reason, a panel member is unable to complete proceedings for a reconsideration of a decision, the Chairperson may—
(a)replace that member with a person referred to in subsection (4);
(b)direct that the proceedings continue before the remaining panel members; or
(c)constitute a new panel and direct the new panel to either continue the proceedings, or start new proceedings.