Awards by the PAT have the status of a recommendation by the PNB as if it were an agreement by both sides, so they are effectively binding on both the Staff and the Official sides of PNB due to paragraph 39 of the PNB Constitution, as noted by Lord Justice Keene in the judicial review of the Home Secretary's decision.
The awards granted by the PAT have the same effect as an agreement between the PNB and its staff, making them legally binding on both sides according to paragraph 39 of the PNB Constitution, as noted by Lord Justice Keene in his judicial review of the Home Secretary's decision.