Part II The Employment Appeal Tribunal
Membership etc.
28 Composition of Appeal Tribunal.
1
The Appeal Tribunal may sit, in accordance with directions given by the President of the Appeal Tribunal, either as a single tribunal or in two or more divisions concurrently.
2
Subject to subsections (3) to (5), proceedings before the Appeal Tribunal shall be heard by a judge and either two or four appointed members, so that in either case there is an equal number—
a
of persons whose knowledge or experience of industrial relations is as representatives of employers, and
b
of persons whose knowledge or experience of industrial relations is as representatives of workers.
3
With the consent of the parties, proceedings before the Appeal Tribunal may be heard by a judge and one appointed member or by a judge and three appointed members.
4
Proceedings on an appeal on a F3chairman-alone question shall be heard by a judge alone unless a judge directs that the proceedings shall be heard in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).
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In subsection (4) “chairman-alone question” means—
a
a question arising from any decision of an employment tribunal that is a decision of—
i
the person mentioned in section 4(1)(a) acting alone, or
ii
any Employment Judge acting alone, or
b
a question arising in any proceedings before an employment tribunal that are proceedings before—
i
the person mentioned in section 4(1)(a) alone, or
ii
any Employment Judge alone.
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