Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The presiding member of a panel shall call any meetings of the panel that are necessary for the efficient exercise of its functions.
(2) A panel shall not meet in the absence of any member.
(3) A meeting of a panel shall be conducted in private, in the presence of—
(a) if required or allowed by the panel—the relevant offender; and
(b) while the offender is present, a person (if any) nominated by the offender whose presence is agreed to by the panel; and
(c) any other person requested by the panel to be present.
(4) If an offender is required to be present at a meeting of a panel, the panel shall, at the request of the offender, exclude any other person from the meeting except any person whose presence is considered by the panel to be necessary for the safety of the members of the panel and any other persons present.
(5) The panel shall, at the request of the relevant offender, allow the offender to be present at a meeting of the panel while any other person is present.
(6) At a meeting of a panel—
(a) the procedure shall be as determined by the panel; and
(b) all questions shall be decided by a majority of votes; and
(c) the presiding member has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, also has a casting vote.
(7) An offender who appears before a panel is not entitled to be represented by another person before the panel.
(8) A panel shall keep a record of its meetings.