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Rh PART VIII APPEAL PANEL Request to establish Appeal Panel

64.—(1) This section applies to—
 * (a) an electricity licensee who wishes to appeal against a decision of the Authority to modify any condition of its electricity licence; and
 * (b) any person who is aggrieved by a direction or decision of the Authority under Part VII.

(2) A person to whom this section applies may, within 14 days—
 * (a) of the receipt of a direction under section 12 (4) to modify any condition of an electricity licence; or
 * (b) of the receipt of a notification by the Authority of a direction or decision under Part VII,

notify the Minister that he wishes to make an appeal, providing adequate details of the grounds for the appeal and requesting the Minister to establish an Appeal Panel under subsection (3).

(3) When requested to establish an Appeal Panel, the Minister shall, upon consultation with the Authority, unless the request is in the opinion of the Minister of a frivolous, trivial or vexatious nature, establish by direction, within 30 days of the request, an Appeal Panel to consider an appeal made under this section.

Composition and procedure of Appeal Panel

65.—(1) An Appeal Panel shall consist of at least 3 persons, one of whom shall be appointed by the Minister to be the chairman of the Appeal Panel.

(2) The Minister may, in the direction establishing the Appeal Panel under section 64 (3), provide for—
 * (a) the terms and conditions of the membership of the Appeal Panel as the Minister considers appropriate;
 * (b) the procedure to be adopted by the Appeal Panel in considering any matter referred to it; and
 * (c) any other matters which the Minister considers incidental or expedient for the proper and efficient conduct of an appeal by the Appeal Panel.