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s.18
Appeal board
(1) The Secretary shall, not later than 30 days after an appeal is made, appoint an appeal board to hear the appeal. (2) The appeal board shall consist of— (a) a public officer who does not work in the same department of the Government as the Authority; and (b) one member from each category of the panel. (3) Subject to subsection (4), the members of the appeal board shall elect a chairman from among themselves. (4) No member of the appeal board shall be the chairman of the appeal board at any hearing of an appeal in respect of which such member has made a disclosure under section 19(2) . (5) The quorum at any meeting of the appeal board shall be 6 members.