Cap. 413 Art. 20ABoardtodetermine what is reasonable under this Act.

(1) There shall be a Board to determine what is reasonable, for the object of the preceding article, appointed by the

Commissioner.

(2) The Board shall be convened whenever necessary, following a request by the Commissioner, and for the purposes of every such convocation, a panel of not less than three (3) and not more than seven

(7) persons shall be appointed, including the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Board.

(3) The majority of persons seated on a Board for every convocation of the said Board shall be persons with disability, or persons supporting persons with disability who cannot represent themselves, and such persons shall be representatives from public entities, experts in the sector, including technical experts, or representatives from organisations of persons with disability, and their selection for a particular convocation shall best reflect the subject-matter on the agenda of a particular Board meeting.

(4) The Board shall be presided by the Chairperson, assisted by the Vice Chairperson, who shall both be persons with disability, appointed by the Commissioner for renewable periods of three (3) years, who shall retain their roles throughout said period for all convocations of the Board convened throughout the said period.

(5) The Board shall have a Secretary appointed from amongst officials or employees appointed by the Commissioner.

(6) The quorum of the Board shall be of three members, one of whom shall be the Chairperson or the Vice Chairperson.

(7) The validity of every Board proceeding shall not be affected by any vacancy amongst its members or by a defect in the appointment of a member.

(8) The decisions of the Board shall be taken by a majority of the members present and voting. The Chairperson or, in his absence, the Vice Chairperson, shall have an original and a casting vote in the case of an equality of votes.

(9) Without prejudice to the provisions of this Act and of any regulations made thereunder, the Commissioner shall regulate the proceedings of the Board.

(10) Together with the members of the Board there may also be appointed, as observers, competent officials, appointed by every Ministry who may from time to time be called by the Commissioner to assist the Board in its functions, so however that the Commissioner may recommend particular officials for this scope.

(11) Every request made to the Board shall be made in writing; in the case where the person intending to make a request needs support to formulate such request in an oral form and, or in writing, it shall be the duty of the Commissioner to take reasonable steps to provide appropriate support to that person.

(12) There shall be no appeal from a decision of the Board.