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FORMATION OF A
DISCIPLINARY PANEL


31. (1) On receipt of an allegation in writing under section 30, the director shall determine whether the allegation shall be heard by
 (a)
where inmates are confined in units, the officer in charge of the unit where the breach is alleged to have taken place,
 (b)
a person, other than an officer, appointed by the commissioner, or
 (c)
a disciplinary panel.
    (2) An officer who filed the allegation in writing, witnessed the alleged breach or investigated the allegation shall not be the officer or a member of the disciplinary panel hearing the allegation.
    (3) A disciplinary panel shall be composed in one of the following ways:
 (a)
the director as chairman and 2 other members, one of whom is an officer appointed by the director, and the other a person, other than an officer, appointed by the commissioner;
 (b)
a person, other than an officer, appointed by the commissioner as chairman, and 2 other members, one of whom is the director and the other an officer appointed by the director;
 (c)
the director as chairman and 2 other members who are officers appointed by the director.
    (4) In a correctional centre or unit other than one described by subsection (3), the disciplinary panel has the following membership:
 (a)
the director, who is chairman;
 (b)
two officers selected from time to time by the director.
    (5) Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 393/85, s. 15.]
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