[F1(1)The Central Arbitration Committee shall consist of members appointed by the Secretary of State.
F1(2)The Secretary of State shall appoint a member as chairman, and may appoint a member as deputy chairman or members as deputy chairmen.
F1(3)The Secretary of State may appoint as members only persons experienced in industrial relations, and they shall include some persons whose experience is as representatives of employers and some whose experience is as representatives of workers.
F1(3A)Before making an appointment under subsection (1) or (2) the Secretary of State shall consult ACAS and may consult other persons.]
(4)At any time when the chairman of the Committee is absent or otherwise incapable of acting, or there is a vacancy in the office of chairman, and the Committee has a deputy chairman or deputy chairmen—
(a)the deputy chairman, if there is only one, or
(b)if there is more than one, such of the deputy chairmen as they may agree or in default of agreement as the Secretary of State may direct,
may perform any of the functions of chairman of the Committee.
(5)At any time when every person who is chairman or deputy chairman is absent or otherwise incapable of acting, or there is no such person, such member of the Committee as the Secretary of State may direct may perform any of the functions of the chairman of the Committee.
(6)The validity of any proceedings of the Committee shall not be affected by any vacancy among the members of the Committee or by any defect in the appointment of a member of the Committee.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 260(1)-(3A) substituted for s. 260(1)-(3) (22.2.2000) by 1999 c. 26, s. 24; S.I. 2000/420, art. 2 (with art. 3)