Canada Shipping Act, 2001

Marginal note:Striking panels

• 27 (1) When an application is made under subsection 28(1), the Chair must strike a panel of at least three persons.

• Marginal note:Constitution

  (2) Each panel consists of the Chair and the persons appointed by the Chair.

• Marginal note:Expertise

  (3) Any person to be appointed to a panel, other than a Vice-Chair, must have expertise in the matter in respect of which the panel is struck.

• Marginal note:Fee and expenses

  (4) Each panellist may be paid

  • (a) an amount fixed by the Minister of Transport for each day or part of a day that the panellist is performing duties under section 28, unless they are employed in the public service of Canada; and

  • (b) reasonable travel and living expenses incurred by the panellist in the course of their duties under section 28.

• Marginal note:Casting vote

  (5) Matters before a panel are decided by a majority of the members of the panel. The Chair has a second vote in the case of a tie.

• Marginal note:Panel decisions

  (6) For greater certainty, a decision of a panel is a decision of the Marine Technical Review Board.