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Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013

Section 12: Composition of Employment Appeal Tribunal

73.This section amends the statutory framework governing the composition of the Employment Appeal Tribunal.

74.Subsection (2) substitutes new subsections (2) to (7) for the current (2) to (4A) of section 28 of the ETA 1996. Under the new provisions, proceedings before the Employment Appeal Tribunal are to be heard by a judge alone. However, a judge may direct that proceedings are to be heard by a judge and either two or four appointed members. In addition, a judge may, with the consent of the parties, direct that proceedings are to be heard by a judge and either one or three appointed members.

75.New subsection (5) of section 28 provides that the Lord Chancellor may by order specify that proceedings of a particular description must be heard by a judge and either two or four appointed members.

76.New subsection (6) of section 28 provides that where the judges is to sit with either two or four appointed members there shall be an equal number of worker and employer representative members.

77.Subsection (4) provides that any order made by the Lord Chancellor under the power inserted by subsection (2) must be subject to the affirmative resolution of Parliament.

78.Subsection (5) repeals paragraph 46 of Schedule 8 to the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007; that paragraph made a previous amendment to section 28 of the ETA 1996.

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