{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunals-constitution-and-rules-of-procedure-regulations-2013/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunals-constitution-and-rules-of-procedure-regulations-2013/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1237",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunals-constitution-and-rules-of-procedure-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "... In these Regulations—\n“2004 Regulations” means the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2004;\n“appointing office holder” means, in England and Wales, the Lord Chancellor, and in Scotland, the Lord President;\n“Employment Tribunals Act” means the Employment Tribunals Act 1996;\n“Lord President” means the Lord President of the Court of Session;\n“national security proceedings” means proceedings in which a direction or order under rule 93 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 is in force;\n“President” means either of the two presidents appointed from time to time in accordance with regulation 5(1);\n“Regional Employment Judge” means a person appointed or nominated in accordance with regulation 6(1) or (2);\n“Senior President of Tribunals” means the person appointed in accordance with section 2 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007;\n“Tribunal” means an employment tribunal established in accordance with regulation 4 and, in relation to any proceedings, means the Tribunal responsible for the proceedings in question, whether performing administrative or judicial functions;\n“Vice President” means a person appointed or nominated in accordance with regulation 6(3) or (4).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3 omitted (6.1.2025) by virtue of The Employment Tribunals (Procedure Rules) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1156), regs. 1(1), 4(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3 substituted (6.1.2025) by The Employment Tribunals (Procedure Rules) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1156), regs. 1(1), 4(3)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1237/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:53:45.154453+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."
}