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Employment judges

Employment judges: industrial tribunals

11.  In Article 3 of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (industrial tribunals), after paragraph (2) add—

(3) Regulations under paragraph (1) may provide that—

(a)the President and Vice-President of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal, and

(b)any person who is a member of a panel of chairmen of tribunals which is appointed in accordance with regulations made under that paragraph,

may be referred to as an employment judge..

Employment judges: Fair Employment Tribunal

12.  In Article 82 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (President, Vice-President and Chairmen), in paragraph (5), after the words “regulations under Article 81” add “and regulations under that Article may provide that a person so appointed may be referred to as an employment judge”.