109R.— (1) Where an investigation report is referred by the Minister under section 109Q(b)(iii), the chief adjudication officer shall assign an adjudication officer to conduct an adjudication in relation to the alleged breach of a relevant obligation to which the report relates.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the chief adjudication officer may direct that adjudication officers sit as a panel to perform an adjudication, in an uneven number of 3 or more, and where he or she so directs, a reference in this Act to an adjudication officer shall be construed as a reference to a panel of adjudication officers.

(3) The chief adjudication officer shall determine the procedures to apply where a panel of adjudication officers is conducting an adjudication.]