Case Tribunals (England) Regulations 2008
175. In regulation 5 (withdrawal of references by ethical standards officer)—
(a)in paragraph (1)—
(i)for “An” substitute “Subject to any provision in Tribunal Procedure Rules relating to the withdrawal of proceedings, an”;
(ii)for “president of the Adjudication Panel” substitute “First-tier Tribunal”; and
(iii)in sub-paragraph (b) for “paragraphs (3) and (4) substitute “paragraph (3)”;
(b)in paragraphs (2)(b)(i) and (3)(a) for “president of the Adjudication Panel” substitute “First-tier Tribunal”;
(c)in paragraph (2)(b)(i) for “a case tribunal” substitute “the First-tier Tribunal”;
(d)in paragraphs (2)(c) and (3) for “president or deputy president of the Adjudication Panel” substitute “First-tier Tribunal”;
(e)omit paragraph (4);
(f)in paragraph (5)—
(i)for “president of the Adjudication Panel, or the deputy president, as the case may be,” substitute “First-tier Tribunal”; and
(ii)omit “or of consent under paragraph (4)”; and
(g)in paragraph (6), for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b)any written reasons given by the First-tier Tribunal in relation to the withdrawal, including any written reasons given under paragraph (5).”