# Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009, Regulation 53: Appointment of persons to resolve disputes

Extent: N.I.

(1) The Committee must appoint a panel of persons it considers to be suitably qualified for the purpose of resolving disagreements in respect of which an application is made under regulation 54 (right to apply for an appointed person to review a decision).
(2) For this Part the persons appointed under paragraph (1) are “appointed persons”.
(3) An application under regulation 54 may be decided by one or more appointed persons (and references to “the appropriate appointed person”, in relation to any application, are to the appointed person or persons to whom the application in question is referred).
(4) An application must not be referred to a person who has previously been involved in the subject matter of the disagreement.
(5) An appointed person shall hold and vacate office under the terms of his appointment.
(6) But he may resign by notice in writing to the Committee.
(7) The Committee shall determine—
(a) the procedure to be followed by the persons appointed by it when exercising their functions as appointed persons; and
(b) the manner in which those functions are to be exercised.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/33/regulation/53 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-administration-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-53
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