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WITNESS PROTECTION ORDINANCE 14. Establishment of board

(1) There is established a board to review decisions of the approving authority referred to in section 13(1)(a), (b) and (c).

(2) The board—
 * (a) shall consist of—
 * (i) an officer who is more senior than the approving authority designated by the Commissioner; and
 * (ii) 2 persons who are not public officers; and
 * (b) may also consist of additional members as determined by the chairman, who may be public officers or not public officers,

and the members referred to in paragraphs (a)(ii) and (b) shall be selected from the panel referred to in subsection (4) in accordance with the procedure provided for in subsection (5).

(3) The officer referred to in subsection (2)(a)(i) shall be the chairman of the board.

(4) The Chief Executive shall, for the purposes of subsection (2)(a)(ii) and (b), appoint a panel of persons consisting of such number of public officers and other persons as he thinks fit.

(5) Members of the panel who are not public officers shall be selected to serve on the board in rotation in accordance with the alphabetical order of their surnames. The chairman may, in addition to such members, select members of the panel who are public officers, in such manner as he sees fit, to serve on the board.

(6) An appointment made under subsection (4) shall be notified in the Gazette.

(7) The board shall review the documents submitted to it under section 13(3) and shall advise the approving authority and the person who requested the review of its decision to confirm or reverse the decision being reviewed.

(8) Where the approving authority’s decision is reversed, he shall amend his decision accordingly.

(9) The board may establish its own procedure for reviewing a decision. PART IV '''15. Provision of information to officers and law enforcement agencies'''

If—