President and Vice-President of industrial tribunals
4.—(1) There shall be a President and a Vice-President of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal who shall each be appointed by the Lord Chancellor and shall be persons –
(a)having a 7 year general qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990(1);
(b)being an advocate or solicitor admitted in Scotland of at least 7 years' standing; or
(c)being a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years' standing.
(2) The President or the Vice-President may each resign his office by notice in writing to the Lord Chancellor.
(3) The President and the Vice-President shall each vacate his office at the end of the completed year of service in the course of which he attains the age of 72 years.
(4) If the Lord Chancellor is satisfied that the President or the Vice-President is incapacitated by infirmity of mind or body from discharging the duties of his office, or the President or the Vice-President is adjudged to be bankrupt or makes a composition or arrangement with his creditors, the Lord Chancellor may revoke his appointment.
(5) The functions of President and Vice-President under these Regulations may, if either is for any reason unable to act or during any vacancy in his office, be discharged by a person nominated for that purpose by the Lord Chancellor.