Section 21: Constitution of the Disciplinary Committee and the Investigating Panel

(1)
There shall be established a disciplinary committee to be known as the Dental Technologists Disciplinary Committee (in this Act referred to as "the Disciplinary Committee") which shall be charged with the duty of considering and determining any case referred to it by the panel established by the following provisions of this Act.
(2)
The Disciplinary Committee shall consist of the chairman of the Board and four other members of the Board to include members holding office by virtue of paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of subsection (1) of section 2 of this Act.
(3) There shall be established a body to be known as the Investigating Panel (hereafter in the Act referred to as "the Panel") which shall be charged with the duty of-
(a) conducting preliminary investigation into any case where it is alleged that a registered person has misbehaved in his capacity as such, or should for any other reason be the subject of proceedings before the Disciplinary Committee; and
(b) deciding whether the case should be referred to the Disciplinary Committee.
(4) The Panel shall be appointed by the Board and shall consist of five members of the Board one of whom shall be named as the chairman.
(5)
The provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act shall, in so far as is applicable to the Disciplinary Committee and the Panel respectively, have effect with respect to those bodies.
[Second Schedule.]