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Crime and Courts Act 2013

Part 5: Deployment of judges to the Employment Appeal Tribunal

412.Paragraph 11 amends section 22 of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (“the 1996 Act”) by expanding the list of judicial office holders that may be nominated by the Lord Chief Justice to sit in the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Currently, only judges of the Court of Appeal or the High Court may be nominated to sit in the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Following the changes, the Senior President of Tribunals, the Judge Advocate General, deputy judges of the High Court, Circuit Judges, judges of the Upper Tribunal, district judges and District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts) will be able to be nominated by the Lord Chief Justice.

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