27(1)The M1Industrial Tribunals (England and Wales) Regulations 1965 shall be amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below.
(2)For regulation 3(2) (which requires the President of Industrial Tribunals (England and Wales) to vacate office at the end of the completed year of service in which he attains the age of 72) there shall be substituted—
“(2)The President shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of seventy years, but subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Lord Chancellor’s power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75).”
(3)In regulation 5, at the beginning of paragraph (5) (terms of membership of panels) there shall be inserted the words “ Subject to paragraph (6) ” and after that paragraph there shall be inserted—
“(6)A member of a panel of chairmen appointed under paragraph (2) shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of seventy years, but subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Lord Chancellor’s power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75).”
(4)The M2Industrial Tribunals (Scotland) Regulations 1965 shall be amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (5) and (6) below.
(5)For regulation 3(2) (which requires the President of Industrial Tribunals (Scotland) to vacate office at the end of the completed year of service in which he attains the age of 72) there shall be substituted—
“(2)The President shall vacate office on the day on which he attains the age of seventy years, but subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75).”
(6)In regulation 5, at the beginning of paragraph (5) (terms of membership of panels) there shall be inserted the words “ Subject to paragraph (6) ” and after that paragraph there shall be inserted—
“(6)A member of a panel of chairmen appointed under paragraph (2) shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of seventy years, but subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75).”