Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 2771
Employment Tribunals
The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
Made
17th October 2008
Laid before Parliament
23rd October 2008
Coming into force
1st December 2008
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 1st December 2008.
Amendment to the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2004
2.The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2004( 2 ) are amended as follows.
3. For regulation 4(3)(a) substitute—
“ (a) who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition within the meaning of section 50 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 ( 3 ) on a 5-year basis; ” .
4. In regulation 4(3)(b) and (c) for “seven” substitute “five”.
5. For regulation 8(3)(a)(i) substitute—
“ (i) who satisfy the judicial-appointment eligibility condition within the meaning of section 50 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 on a 5-year basis; ” .
6. In regulation 8(3)(a)(ii) and (iii) for “seven” substitute “five”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Pat McFadden
Minister of State for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
17th October 2008
1996 c.17 ; section 1 was amended by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c.8) , sections 1(2)(b) and 15 and Schedule 2.
S.I. 2004/1861 , amended by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4) , Schedule 4, Part 1, paragraph 360 and Schedule 11, Part 3, paragraph 5, and by S.I. 2006/680 ; there are other amending instruments, but none is relevant.