Regulation 2 Amendment of regulation 1

After paragraph (5) of regulation 1 there shall be added the following paragraph–

“(6)

Unless otherwise provided, where by these Regulations any power is conferred on a chairman of an appeal tribunal, a medical appeal tribunal or a disability appeal tribunal then–

(a)

if the power is to be exercised at the hearing of an appeal or application, it shall be exercised by the chairman of the tribunal hearing the appeal or application; and

(b)

otherwise, it shall be exercised by a person who is eligible to be nominated to act as a chairman of an appeal tribunal under section 41 of the Administration Act^f1.”.