Introductory
I14President of tribunals
1
The chairman and deputy chairman of the Commission shall be the president of tribunals and the deputy president respectively for the purposes of this Measure.
2
The president of tribunals shall exercise the functions conferred on him by this Measure and in addition shall have the following duties—
a
to issue practice directions;
b
to act as the chairman of a disciplinary tribunal where, in his opinion, important points of law or principle are involved;
c
to exercise such other functions as may be prescribed.
3
F2Subject to subsection (4) below, The deputy president of tribunals shall act for the president when the president is absent or is unable or unwilling to act.
F14
The president or deputy president of tribunals may select any person who may be appointed as the chairman of a disciplinary tribunal under section 22(1) below to act in his place when he is absent or unable or unwilling to act.