14E.—(1) Without prejudice to the generality of sections 7(2) and 15, for the purpose of the conduct of appeals, and having regard to the need for efficiency in the system of appeals, the Minister may make regulations to provide for all or any of the following:

(a) the procedures for, and conditions of and qualifications for, appointment of members of the Forestry Appeals Committee under section 14A(1A);

(b) the term of office of the chairperson, a deputy chairperson and other members of the Forestry Appeals Committee;

(c) the constitution of divisions of the Forestry Appeals Committee and the assignment of appeals to those divisions;

(d) the form and manner of provision of a statement of grounds to be provided to the Forestry Appeals Committee under subsections (4) and (5) of section 14B;

(e) the form and manner of provision of documents and evidence to be provided to the Forestry Appeals Committee under subsections (4) and (5) of section 14B;

(f) time limits to apply to the making and conduct of appeals;

(g) the attendance of witnesses at an oral hearing under section 14C and the consequences of non-attendance;

(h) the form and manner of making of requests by the Forestry Appeals Committee for information from a party to an appeal, or a person other than a party;

(i) the provision by the Forestry Appeals Committee to a party to an appeal, or a person other than a party, of all information received by the Committee;

(j) procedures for the consolidation and hearing of two or more than two appeals together;

(k) procedures for the separation of appeals;

(l) the publication on a website maintained by or on behalf of the Forestry Appeals Committee of information and documents provided, for the purposes of an appeal, by a party to an appeal or by a person other than a party to an appeal;

(m) the form and manner in which an appeal may be withdrawn;

(n) any consequential, supplementary or transitional provisions as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of giving effect to the regulations.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, by regulations made under this section, provide for the payment of remuneration, allowances and expenses to the chairperson, a deputy chairperson and other members of the Forestry Appeals Committee.]