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3. Except in the Schedules which are subject to the definitions contained in the Schedules, in these Regulations—
“employee panel” means a panel of persons appointed by the Department after consultation with such organisations or associations of organisations representative of employees as it sees fit;
“employer panel” means a panel of persons appointed by the Department after consultation with such organisations or associations of organisations representative of employers as it sees fit;
“employment judge” means one of—
the President;
the Vice-President;
a member of the panel of employment judges,
and in relation to particular proceedings it means the employment judge to whom the proceedings have been referred by the President or the Vice-President;
“Fair Employment and Treatment Order” means the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;
“Fair Employment Tribunal” means the Fair Employment Tribunal for Northern Ireland established in accordance with regulation 5;
“industrial tribunal” means an industrial tribunal established in accordance with regulation 4;
“Industrial Tribunals Order” means the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;
“national security proceedings” means proceedings in relation to which a direction is given, or an order is made, under rule 91 or 92 of Schedule 1;
“panel of employment judges” means a panel of persons appointed in accordance with regulation 7(1)(a);
“President” means the President of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal appointed under Article 82(1)(a) of the Fair Employment and Treatment Order or the person nominated by the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission under Article 82(6) of that Order to discharge for the time being the functions of the President;
“Secretary” means a person for the time being appointed to act as the Secretary of the tribunal (and any function of the Secretary may be performed by a person acting with the authority of the Secretary);
“tribunal” means—
any industrial tribunal or Fair Employment Tribunal; and
in relation to particular proceedings, the industrial tribunal or Fair Employment Tribunal to which those proceedings relate;
“tribunal office” means the Office of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal;
“Vice-President” means the Vice-President of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal appointed under Article 82(1)(b) of the Fair Employment and Treatment Order or the person nominated by the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission under Article 82(6) of that Order to discharge for the time being the functions of the Vice-President.
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