SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 87

SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 87

87 .         Disabilities Advisory Panel, appointment of etc.

        (1)         The Minister is to appoint a Disabilities Advisory Panel (a Panel ), consisting of not less than 3 persons, whenever it is necessary for the purposes of section 86(6) or 92(3)(b).

        (2)         A member of a Panel for a particular matter is to be a person —

            (a)         who has such experience, skills, attributes or qualifications as the Minister considers appropriate to the case of the child to whom the matter relates; and

            (b)         who is not an employee within a class referred to in section 235(1); and

            (c)         who is not a parent of a child at a school to which the matter relates.

        (3)         The Minister is to appoint one of the members of a Panel to be the chairperson.

        (4)         The Minister may give directions in writing to a Panel as to its procedure and a Panel is to give the applicant an opportunity to be heard, but otherwise a Panel may determine its own procedure.

        (5)         Subject to the Minister’s directions, the applicant is not to be represented by another person before the Panel unless the Panel otherwise determines on the ground that the process will not work effectively without that representation but nothing in this subsection prevents the applicant from being accompanied by another person when appearing before the Panel.

        (6)         The chief executive officer is to provide a Panel with such support services as it may reasonably require.

        (7)         The Minister may —

            (a)         direct that the members of a Panel are to be paid remuneration or allowances or both; and

            (b)         determine the amount of any such payments on the recommendation of the Public Sector Commissioner.

        [Section 87 amended: No. 39 of 2010 s. 89.]