This new Nominations Panel is responsible for examining nominations and applications to positions on key IPC bodies, including the World Para Sport Unit Board - set up to manage the transition of 10 sports to stand-alone International Federations - Committees and the Athletes' Council.

Assessing prospective new members of the Disciplinary Tribunal, Appeals Tribunal, Board of Appeal of Classification, Elections Oversight Panel and Anti-Doping Tribunal also falls under its remit.

Candidates must not have had a past or present role with the IPC, nor with any IPC member for the four years prior to their appointment.

One of the independent members will be required to have experience in the appointment process of non-executive directors, and the other similar knowledge for legal, appeal and tribunal panels.

One of the independent members is expected to chair the Nominations Panel.

They will both be appointed by the IPC Governing Board, and joined by the IPC's Brazilian President Andrew Parsons, the chair of the IPC Athletes' Council - currently Dutch wheelchair basketball player Jitske Visser - and another member of the Athletes' Council.

Parsons will assist only with appointments to the World Para Sports Unit Board and the IPC's Committees, while the two Athletes' Council representatives will provide support with appointments to that body as well as the athlete representative for the World Para Sports Unit Board.

Applications are open until January 22 next year, with the IPC aiming to appoint the two independent members by March.

The new IPC Constitution approved a this month's General Assembly was the culmination of a three-year development process, and it is claimed it "ensures that the governance structures of the Paralympic Movement’s global governing body are up-to-date, world-leading and robust enough to thrive in the ever-changing sporting landscape".