Responsibilities of the President and the Vice-President
13.—(1) The President, or in the absence of the President the Vice-President, shall use the resources available to—
(a)secure, so far as practicable, the speedy and efficient disposal of proceedings;
(b)determine the allocation of proceedings between tribunals; and
(c)determine where and when tribunals shall sit.
(2) Subject to Article 82(6) of the Fair Employment and Treatment Order, where the President or the Vice-President is unable to exercise the functions under regulations 5(2) and (3), 10(1), (2) and (3), 12 and paragraph (1)(c) and Articles 17 and 85 of the Fair Employment and Treatment Order, the President or the Vice-President may direct that those functions may be exercised by a person appointed to the panel of employment judges.