{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunals-act-1996/section-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunals-act-1996/section-24.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/17",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Tribunals Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunals-act-1996",
  "path": "section/24",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Temporary additional judicial membership.",
  "text": "(1) This section applies if both of the following conditions are met—\n(a) the Lord Chancellor thinks that it is expedient, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice, for a qualified person to be appointed to be a temporary additional judge of the Appeal Tribunal in order to facilitate in England and Wales the disposal of business in the Appeal Tribunal;\n(b) the Lord Chancellor requests the Lord Chief Justice to make such an appointment.\n(1A) The Lord Chief Justice may, after consulting the Lord Chancellor, appoint a qualified person as mentioned in subsection (1)(a).\n(1B) An appointment under this section is—\n(a) for such period, or\n(b) on such occasions,\nas the Lord Chief Justice determines, after consulting the Lord Chancellor.\n(2) In this section “qualified person” means a person who—\n(a) is qualified for appointment as a judge of the High Court under section 10 of the Supreme Court Act 1981,...\n() . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) A person appointed to be a temporary additional judge of the Appeal Tribunal has all the functions of a judge nominated under section 22(1)(a).\n(4) The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under this section.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 24(1)-(1B) substituted (3.4.2006) for s. 24(1) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 248(2); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 24(2) substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 248(3); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 24(2) omitted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.10.2022 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(c), Sch. 4 para. 9; S.I. 2022/1014, reg. 2(d) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 24(4) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 248(4); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1981 c. 54."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/17/section/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:15.822367+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."
}