s the prospective adopters), etc. Terminating the individual’s appointment to the panel is not the same as removing their name from the central list. The agency can continue to appoint the individual to another panel for as long as it considers that individual suitable. Adoption panel fees: AAR 4.4 1.38. AAR 4.4 provides that a local authority may pay any member of an adoption panel a fee that the authority considers is a reasonable amount. Although it is not provided for by the AAR, a VAA may pay a fee to any member of its adoption panel. 1.39. Fees may be paid in proportion to the number of panel meetings that the panel member attends or as an annual fee. The authority may pay a fee to panel members for the time that they prepare for panel meetings and it may also reimburse them for the expenses they incur in travelling to and from panel meetings and related activity. Constituting an adoption panel: AAR 4 and 6 1.40. An adoption agency must constitute an adoption panel as and when needed (but see paragraphs 21, 22 and 26 above) with sufficient capacity to undertake the required duties of such panels. More than one adoption panel may be constituted at any one time. 1.41. When constituting an adoption panel the agency must draw the members from the central list. These members must have the appropriate qualifications and/or experience to consider the cases submitted to the panel. The agency must appoint a chair and up to two vice chairs. There is no requirement to appoint a second vice chair, but this may help manage any unexpected absences of both the chair and 24 vice chair. Subject to each meeting being quorum, it is for the agency to decide how many panel members should be present at each panel meeting. However, a panel should not be so large as to make it difficult 