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The Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998
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President, Vice-President and ChairmenN.I.
82.—(1) There shall continue to be—
(a)a President of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal;
(b)a Vice-President of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal; and
(c)a panel of chairmen of the Fair Employment Tribunal,
who shall each be appointed by the[F1Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission] and shall exercise the functions respectively conferred on them by or under this Order or any other statutory provision.
[F2(2) A person is not qualified for appointment under paragraph (1) unless —
(a)he is a barrister-at-law or solicitor of at least 7 years' standing;
(b)he has a 7 year general qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41); or
(c)he is an advocate or solicitor admitted in Scotland of at least 7 years' standing.]
(3) The President and Vice-President may each resign his office at any time by notice in writing to the[F3Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission] and shall each vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of [F475]
(4) F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5) A person appointed under paragraph (1)(c) to a panel of chairmen shall hold and vacate office as provided by or under regulations under Article 81 [F6 and regulations under that Article may provide that a person so appointed may be referred to as an employment judge] .
(6) The functions of the President or Vice-President may, if he is for any reason unable to act or during a vacancy in his office, be discharged by a person nominated for that purpose by the[F7Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission].
(7) Regulations under Article 81 may provide for specified functions of the President and Vice-President (including functions under Articles 17 and 85) to be exercised in specified circumstances by a person appointed, under paragraph (1)(c), to a panel of chairmen.
F1Words in art. 82(1) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), ss. 2(3), 5(7)(a), Sch. 4 para. 32 (with Sch. 5 para. 16); S.I. 2010/812, art. 2
F2Art. 82(2) substituted (15.1.2006) by Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3424 (N.I. 20)), arts. 1(2), 3
F3Words in art. 82(3) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), ss. 2(3), 5(7)(a), Sch. 4 para. 32 (with Sch. 5 para. 16); S.I. 2010/812, art. 2
F4Word in art. 82(3) substituted (10.3.2022) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 32 (with Sch. 1 para. 43)
F5Art. 82(4) repealed (3.4.2006) by Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26), ss. 86, 87, Sch. 13; S.R. 2006/124, art. 2, Sch. paras. 9, 11(l)
F6Words in art. 82(5) added (27.1.2020) by Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 15), ss. 12, 29(2); S.R. 2020/1, art. 2(h)
F7Words in art. 82(6) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), ss. 2(3), 5(7)(a), Sch. 4 para. 32 (with Sch. 5 para. 16); S.I. 2010/812, art. 2
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