Chairman:

In answer to colleagues earlier, Mr. O'Connor said that the rules for the conduct of business which were left to the tribunal to formulate were now in draft form. That suggests the tribunal has already met as an entity. Has Mr. O'Connor met with the other four designated colleagues to determine and prepare the rules? If that is not the case, by whom are the rules being determined? I noted in the briefing which was circulated that it states that appointments come into effect from 1 August but Mr. O'Connor actually read 1 October into the record.