An act or a decision of the Panel, including an own motion recommendation or an advisory opinion, is not invalid—
(a) by reason only of—
(i) a defect or irregularity in, or in connection with, the appointment of the chairperson, an acting chairperson, a member or an acting member; or
(ii) a vacancy in the office of a member; or
(b) on the ground that the occasion for an acting chairperson or acting member to act had not arisen or had ceased; or
(c) by reason of the Panel failing
to comply with any procedural requirement in relation to the making of the own
motion recommendation or the giving of the advisory opinion.
Part 4—Recommendations of the Panel and advisory opinions
Division 1—Own motion recommendations