S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2020 No. 415  EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (Coronavirus) (Amendment)  Rules 2020  The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 30 of the Employment  Tribunals Act 1996( a ), makes the following Rules.  The Lord Chancellor has consulted the Lord President of the Court of Session in accordance with  section 30(1) of that Act before making these Rules.  1.  These Rules may be cited as the Employment Appeal Tribunal (Coronavirus) (Amendment)  Rules 2020 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are laid.  2.  These Rules expire on the same day that, and immediately after, section 55(b) (public  participation in proceedings conducted by video or audio) of the Coronavirus Act 2020( b ) expires  for all purposes.  3. —(1) The Employment Appeal Tribunal Rules 1993( c ) are amended as follows.  (2) In rule 29 (oral hearings), after paragraph (2), insert—  “(3) Any oral hearing may be conducted, in whole or in part, by use of electronic  communication (including by telephone) provided that the Appeal Tribunal considers that it  would be just and equitable to do so and provided that the parties and members of the  public attending the hearing are able to hear what the Appeal Tribunal hears and see any  witness as seen by the Appeal Tribunal.”.  ( a ) 1996 c. 17; section 30 was amended by section 1(2)(a) of the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c. 8),  paragraph 5 of Schedule 8 to the Employment Relations Act 1999 (c. 26), paragraph 26 of Schedule 1 to the Employment  Relations Act 2004 (c. 24), paragraph 48 of Schedule 8 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), section  12(3) of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), paragraph 13 of Schedule 14 to the Crime and Courts Act  2013 (c. 22), and S.I. 1999/3323.  ( b ) 2020 c. 7. Section 89 of the Act makes provision about the expiry of the Act. Section 90 provides powers to alter the expiry  dates of provisions of the Act.  ( c )  S.I. 1993/2854; amended by S.I. 2001/1128, there are other amending instruments but none is relevant. Amendment to the Employment Appeal Tribunal Rules 1993  Expiry  Citation and commencement  Coming into force in accordance with rule 1  Made  -  -  -  -  8th April 2020  Laid before Parliament  9th April 2020 