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Rh SEVENTH SCHEDULE Section 33(5) CONSTITUTION AND PROCEEDINGS OF DATA PROTECTION APPEAL PANEL AND DATA PROTECTION APPEAL COMMITTEES Data Protection Appeal Panel

1.—(1) The Data Protection Appeal Panel shall consist of not more than 30 members appointed, from time to time, by the Minister on the basis of their ability and experience in industry, commerce or administration or their professional qualifications or their suitability otherwise for appointment.

(2) Members of the Appeal Panel shall be appointed for such period as may be determined by the Minister and shall be eligible for re-appointment.

(3) The Minister may at any time revoke the appointment of any member of the Appeal Panel without assigning any reason.

(4) A member of the Appeal Panel may resign by giving notice in writing to the Minister.

Chairman of Appeal Panel or temporary Chairman of Appeal Panel

2.—(1) The Chairman of the Appeal Panel, unless his appointment is revoked by the Minister or unless he resigns during his term of office, shall hold office for such period as the Minister may determine and shall be eligible for re‑appointment.

(2) The Minister may appoint any member to be a temporary Chairman of the Appeal Panel during the temporary incapacity from illness or otherwise or during the temporary absence from Singapore of the Chairman of the Appeal Panel.

Proceedings of Appeal Committees

3.—(1) Subject to sub‑paragraph (2), where the Chairman of the Appeal Panel is nominated as a member of an Appeal Committee under section 33(4), he shall preside at every meeting of the Appeal Committee, and where the Chairman of the Appeal Panel is not nominated as a member of the Appeal Committee, the Chairman of the Appeal Panel shall determine which member of the Appeal Committee shall preside at every meeting of that Appeal Committee.

(2) All matters coming before an Appeal Committee at any sitting thereof shall be decided by a majority of votes of those members present and, in the event of an equality of votes, the Chairman of the Appeal Panel (if he is nominated as a member of the Appeal Committee) or any other member presiding shall have a second or casting vote.

(3) Any member of the Appeal Panel whose term of appointment expires in the course of proceedings by an Appeal Committee to which he has been appointed