35 Composition of tribunals
Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (2022 c 35) | Legislation

35  Composition of tribunals

(1)     The Employment Tribunals Act 1996 is amended as follows.

(2)     For section 4 substitute—

“4 Composition of tribunals

(1)     An employment tribunal is, for the purpose of deciding any given matter, to be composed of a member or members chosen by the Senior President of Tribunals.

(2)     The member, or each member, chosen must belong to a panel of members of employment tribunals appointed in accordance with regulations under section 1(1).

(3)     The Senior President of Tribunals (or any person to whom the function under subsection (1) is delegated)—

(a)     must act in accordance with regulations under subsection (4);

(b)     may choose themselves (if eligible in accordance with regulations under section 1(1)).

(4)     The Lord Chancellor must by regulations make provision, in relation to every matter that may fall to be decided by an employment tribunal, for determining the number of members who are to compose the tribunal.

(5)     Where regulations under subsection (4) provide for a tribunal to be composed of a single member, the regulations must provide for that member to be an Employment Judge.

(6)     Where regulations under subsection (4) provide for a tribunal to be composed of more than one member, the regulations—

(a)

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