Rule 8—(1) A person who was a party to proceedings before any such tribunal as is mentioned in section 11 (1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 and is dissatisfied in point of law with the decision of the tribunal may appeal to the High Court.
(2) Order 55, rule 4 (1)(b) shall apply in relation to such an appeal as if for the reference to the chairman of a tribunal there were substituted—
(a)in the case of a tribunal which has no chairman or member who acts as a chairman, a reference to the member or members of the tribunal, and
(b)in the case of any such tribunal as is specified in paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 to the said Act of 1992, a reference to the secretary of the tribunal.
(3) Where such an appeal is against the decision of—
(a)the tribunal constituted under section 46 of the National Health Service Act 1977(2), or
(b)a tribunal established under section 1 of the Industrial Tribunals Act 1996(3),
Order 55, rule 4 (2) shall apply in relation to the appeal as if for the period of 28 days therein specified there were substituted, in the case of the tribunal mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) a period of 14 days and, in the case of a tribunal mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) a period of 42 days.