Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (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.]
[Heading inserted: No. 13 of 2024 s. 4.]