Government. 11. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE REDRESS PANEL (Art. 4.2 NDPR) 11.1 Pursuant to Article 4.2 of the Regulation, NITDA shall establish Administrative Redress Panels (ARP), for the purpose of resolving issues related to the Regulation. The ARP shall be composed of accomplished information technology professionals, public administrators and legal practitioners. 11.2 Decisions of the ARP shall not be a condition precedent for entertaining data breach related issues in the court of law, except otherwise directed by a competent court of law 11.3 The ARP procedure shall give preference to an online dispute resolution mechanism. Where it is impracticable to adopt such mechanism, the ARP panel shall be convened at a physical venue. 11.4 The ARP shall give its opinion within a stipulated period of time. 11.5 The rules of procedure of the ARP shall be drawn up by a panel of experts. The ARP procedure shall be drafted, considering principles of fair hearing, fairness and transparency. The Procedure should also be drafted to ensure expedited resolution of cases brought before the panel. 26 | P a g e