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Supplementary Benefits Act 1976

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Section 28.

SCHEDULE 4Constitution, Jurisdiction and Proceedings of Appeal Tribunals

1Each of the tribunals shall consist of a chairman and two other members.

2Each tribunal shall have jurisdiction in respect of such district as may be assigned to it by the Secretary of State.

3(1)The chairman and other members of every tribunal shall be appointed by the Secretary of State, and of those other members one shall be so appointed from among persons appearing to the Secretary of State to represent work-people.

(2)The Secretary of State may appoint persons to act, in the event of absence or incapacity, in the place of members of a tribunal.

4The Secretary of State shall pay to the chairman or acting chairman of a tribunal such remuneration, and to any member thereof such travelling and other allowances (including compensation for loss of remunerative time), as he may, with the consent of the Treasury, determine.

5The Secretary of State shall assign to each tribunal a clerk and such other officers and servants and shall pay to them such salaries or fees and such allowances as he may, with the consent of the Treasury, determine.

6(1)The Secretary of State may make rules—

(a)as to the tenure of office of members of tribunals;

(b)as to the procedure of tribunals and the procedure in connection with the bringing of matters before a tribunal, and as to the time within which matters may be brought before tribunals ;

(c)as to the payment by the Secretary of State to persons attending proceedings before tribunals of travelling and other allowances (including compensation for loss of remunerative time);

(d)for authorising proceedings notwithstanding that the members of the tribunal are not all present.

(2)The power to make rules as to procedure under this paragraph includes power to make provision as to the representation of one person in any proceedings by another person.

(3)In any case where proceedings take place in accordance with rules made under sub-paragraph (1)(d) above, the tribunal shall, notwithstanding anything in this Act, be deemed to be properly constituted, and the chairman or acting chairman shall have a second or casting vote.

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