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(1)For the purpose of discharging its functions under Schedule A1 in any particular case, the Central Arbitration Committee shall consist of a panel established under this section.
(2)The chairman of the Committee shall establish a panel or panels, and a panel shall consist of these three persons appointed by him—
(a)the chairman or a deputy chairman of the Committee, who shall be chairman of the panel;
(b)a member of the Committee whose experience is as a representative of employers;
(c)a member of the Committee whose experience is as a representative of workers.
(3)The chairman of the Committee shall decide which panel is to deal with a particular case.
(4)A panel may at the discretion of its chairman sit in private where it appears expedient to do so.
(5)If—
(a)a panel cannot reach a unanimous decision on a question arising before it, and
(b)a majority of the panel have the same opinion,
the question shall be decided according to that opinion.
(6)If—
(a)a panel cannot reach a unanimous decision on a question arising before it, and
(b)a majority of the panel do not have the same opinion,
the chairman of the panel shall decide the question acting with the full powers of an umpire or, in Scotland, an oversman.
(7)Subject to the above provisions, a panel shall determine its own procedure.
[F2(8)The reference in subsection (1) to the Committee’s functions under Schedule A1 does not include a reference to its functions under paragraph 166 of that Schedule.]]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 263A inserted (6.6.2000) by 1999 c. 26, ss. 25(1)(3); S.I. 2000/1338, art. 2(d)
F2S. 263A(8) inserted (6.4.2005) by Employment Relations Act 2004 (c. 24), ss. 57(1), 59(2)-(4), Sch. 1 para. 15; S.I. 2005/872, art. 4, Sch. (with arts. 6-21)
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