The Secretary of State shall appoint for England such number of persons to act as adjudicators for the purposes of this Act as he considers appropriate.

Any matter which by virtue of this Act is required to be referred to “the adjudicator” shall be referred to such person appointed under this section as may be determined in accordance with regulations under Schedule 5.

Accordingly in this Act “the adjudicator”, in relation to any such matter, means the person mentioned in subsection (2).

Schedule 5 has effect in relation to adjudicators.