Constitution and proceedings of Panel
41D Constitution and proceedings of Panel
The following provisions apply in proceedings before the Prescribed
Psychiatric Treatment Panel under this Act:
subject to this section, the Panel may decide its own proceedings;
the
Chief Psychiatrist is the presiding member of the Panel;
the
Panel will meet at such times and places as required by the Chief
Psychiatrist for the purposes of carrying out its functions;
the
Panel will be constituted, in relation to a particular matter or matters, by the Chief Psychiatrist and at least 2 other members selected by the Chief Psychiatrist;
a question the Panel is required to decide will be resolved according to the opinion of the majority of them (but, if the opinions on the question are equally divided, the question is to be resolved according to the opinion of the Chief Psychiatrist);
a telephone or video conference between members will, for the purposes of this section, be taken to be a meeting of the Panel at which the participating members are present.
A decision of the Panel must be recorded in writing and kept by the
Chief Psychiatrist.
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