(5) If a council fails to constitute a
local planning panel that it is required to constitute, the Minister may
constitute the panel and for that purpose is taken to be the council.
(7) A local planning panel is not subject to the direction or
control of the council, except in relation to any matter relating to the
procedure of the panel (or to the time within which it is to deal with a
matter) that is not inconsistent with any directions of the Minister under
section 9.1.