Section 22: Establishment of Disciplinary Committee and Investigating Panel

(1)
There shall be established a body to be known as the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians 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 Investigating Panel established by the following provisions of this Act.
(2) The Disciplinary Committee shall consist of the chairman of the Board and six other members of the Board, including members holding office by virtue of paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of subsection (1) of section 2 of this Act.
(3) There shall be a body to be known as the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Investigating Panel (in this Act referred to as "the Investigating 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 Investigating Panel shall be appointed by the Board and shall consist of five members of the Board, but a member of the Disciplinary Committee shall not be a member of the Investigating Panel.
(5) The provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act shall in so far as they are applicable to the Disciplinary Committee and the panel respectively, have effect with respect to those bodies.