(1) More than 1 panel of the Tribunal may operate at any one time.
(2) Members of the Tribunal may be on more than 1 panel at a time.
(3) A panel may perform and exercise, in relation to any matter allocated to it, all the functions and powers of the Tribunal.
(4) The chairperson of the Tribunal may, at any time, remove any member of a panel, and may substitute a different member, in order to ensure that the panel continues to comply with rule 24(3).
(5) The chairperson of the Tribunal may serve on any panel.
Rule 24A: inserted, on 1 November 2007, by rule 11 of the New Zealand Teachers Council (Conduct) Amendment Rules 2007 (SR 2007/305).