s 157 Committee of Assessors for making exclusion orders and visit limits
157.—(1) For the purpose of hearing and determining an application for a family exclusion order or a visit limit under section 158 or of making an exclusion order or a visit limit under section 165, the chairperson of the Council must, from time to time, constitute a Committee of Assessors consisting of —(a) a chairperson, being a member of the Council; and (b) 2 other members selected from the panel of assessors appointed under subsection (2).[36/2012] (2) For the purpose of enabling a Committee to be constituted under subsection (1), there must be a panel of assessors, the members of which must be appointed by the Council. (3) The panel consists of such number of persons as the Council may determine. (4) A person appointed to the panel is, unless his or her appointment is revoked by the Council under subsection (6) or he or she resigns, to be a member of the panel for a period of 2 years or for such shorter period as the Council may in any case determine, but is eligible for re‑appointment. (5) Where a person ceases to be a member of the panel, the Council must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, take steps to fill the vacancy in the Committee of which the person is a member, but the existence of any vacancy in the Committee does not invalidate the acts of the Committee. (6) The Council may at any time revoke the appointment of a member of the panel. (7) There must be paid to the members of the panel such salaries, fees and allowances as the Council may determine.