Cap. 551 Art. 4Compositionofthe Tribunal.

(1) The Prime Minister may by order establish panels of the Tribunal, and may designate the categories of cases to be assigned to each panel and may by subsequent order amend, revoke or substitute such order.

(2) Each panel shall consist of three members, with two of its members being well versed in development planning and environmental matters and the other member an advocate who shall have practised the profession of advocate for at least four years.

(3) Each panel shall have a Chairperson, who shall preside over the panel, and a deputy Chairperson. In the absence of the Chairperson for a valid reason, the deputy Chairperson shall perform the functions of Chairperson.

(4) All members sitting on each panel, including the Chairperson and the deputy Chairperson, shall be appointed by the President acting on the advice of the Prime Minister.

(5) The Secretary to the Tribunal shall establish the case list of each panel, having regard to the pending case load assigned before each panel.

(6) A member of the Tribunal shall be disqualified from hearing an appeal in terms of article 734 of the Code of

Organization and Civil Procedure and in any such case, such member shall be substituted by another person appointed by the Secretary for the purpose from amongst the members of the other panel or panels or if no such member can be chosen, by another person duly qualified to sit on the Tribunal, appointed for the purpose by the Prime Minister.

(7) Members of the Tribunal shall remain in office for a term of five

(5) years, but may be reappointed for another term of five (5) years.

(8) In the exercise of their functions under this Act, the Chairperson and the members of the Tribunal shall not be subject to the control or direction of any other person or authority, and may only be removed from office by the President acting on the advice of the Prime Minister, for the reasons of proved inability to perform functions of their office (whether arising from infirmity of body or mind or any other cause), proved misbehaviour, gross negligence or for a just cause.