The Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal (Composition of Tribunal) Regulations 2024

Amendments of the Employment Appeal Tribunal Rules 1993

7.—(1) The Employment Appeal Tribunal Rules 1993(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In rule 3 (institution of appeal)—

(a) in paragraph (7)—

(i) for “a judge” substitute “the Appeal Tribunal”;

(ii) for “he shall notify” substitute “the Appeal Tribunal or the Registrar shall notify”;

(iii) for “his opinion” substitute “its opinion”;

(b) in paragraph (7ZA)—

(i) in both instances in which it occurs, for “a judge” substitute “the Appeal Tribunal”;

(ii) for “the judge” substitute “the Appeal Tribunal”;

(c) in paragraph (10)—

(i) for “the judge or Registrar for his” substitute “the Appeal Tribunal or Registrar for their”;

(ii) for “a judge who” substitute “the Appeal Tribunal which”.

(3) In rule 6—

(a) in paragraph (12)—

(i) for “a judge” substitute “the Appeal Tribunal”;

(ii) for “he shall notify” substitute “the Appeal Tribunal or the Registrar shall notify”;

(iii) for “his opinion” substitute “its opinion”;

(b) in paragraph (12A)—

(i) in both instances in which it occurs, for “a judge” substitute “the Appeal Tribunal”;

(ii) for “the judge” substitute “the Appeal Tribunal”;

(c) in paragraph (16)—

(i) for “the judge” substitute “the Appeal Tribunal;

(ii) for “a judge who” substitute “the Appeal Tribunal which”.

(4) In rule 20 (disposal of interim applications)—

(a) in paragraph (2)—

(i) for “President or a judge” substitute “Appeal Tribunal”;

(ii) for “President or judge who” substitute “Appeal Tribunal, which”;

(iii) omit “himself or refer it in whole or part to the Appeal Tribunal as required to be constituted by section 28 of the 1996 Act”;

(iv) after the words “with such directions as”, for “he” substitute “it”;

(b) in each of paragraphs (3) and (4), for the words from and including “President” to the end substitute “Appeal Tribunal”.

(5) In rule 21(1) (appeals from registrar), for the words from and including “a judge” to the end substitute “the Appeal Tribunal”.

(6) In rule 29(1) (oral hearings), omit the words after “public”.

(7) In rule 33 (review of decisions and correction of errors)—

(a) in paragraph (3), for “a judge or member” substitute “the Appeal Tribunal”;

(b) omit paragraph (4).

(1)

S.I. 1993/2854. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2001/1128, 2004/2526, 2013/1693, and 2022/932.