{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunal-procedure-rules-2024/rule-61",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunal-procedure-rules-2024/rule-61.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2024/1155",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunal-procedure-rules-2024",
  "path": "rule/61",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "61",
  "heading": "Absence of presiding member",
  "text": "(1) If it is impossible or not practicable for the written record or written reasons to be approved by the presiding member as a result of death, incapacity or absence, it must be approved—\n(a) in the case of a Tribunal composed of more than one member, by the other member or members;\n(b) in the case of a Tribunal composed of a single member, by the relevant post-holder.\n(2) In this rule, the relevant post-holder is—\n(a) in England and Wales, the President (England and Wales) or a Regional Employment Judge;\n(b) in Scotland, the President (Scotland) or the Vice President.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 61 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1155/rule/61",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:24:28.531903+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}