Part 6: Deployment of judges to the employment tribunals
413.Paragraph 12 amends section 5D of the 1996 Act which relates to the provision of judicial assistance in the employment tribunals. The list of judges that may be deployed to the employment tribunals is expanded to include the Lord Chief Justice and (with the Lord Chief Justice’s consent) any of the Master of the Rolls, the President of the Queen’s Bench Division, the President of the Family Division, the Chancellor of the High Court in England and Wales, a deputy judge of the High Court, a Recorder, a county court or High Court deputy district judge, a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Court), High Court Masters and both the Judge Advocate General and any non-temporary assistants. Lastly, the paragraph makes it possible for the Senior President of Tribunals to sit in employment tribunals.
