# The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014, Regulation 83: Appointment of persons to resolve disputes


(1) The Committee shall 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 84 (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 84 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 shall 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 that appointment.
(6) An appointed person 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/2014/188/regulation/83 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-83
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