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Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 (repealed 1.10.1992)
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7 Chairmen etc. of certain tribunals: provisions as to appointment. U.K.
(1)The chairman, or any person appointed to act as chairman, of any of the tribunals to which this subsection applies shall (without prejudice to any statutory provisions as to qualifications) be selected by the appropriate authority from a panel of persons appointed by the Lord Chancellor.
(2)Members of panels constituted under this section shall hold and vacate office under the terms of the instruments under which they are appointed but may resign office by notice in writing to the Lord Chancellor; and any such member who ceases to hold office shall be eligible for re-appointment.
(3)Subsection (1) of this section applies to any such tribunal as is specified in paragraph . . . F1, 19(a), (b) or (e), [F2 20 or 28(a)][F2. . . F3][F4[F530A(a) or (c)]][F4or 30A(a) or (c)] of Schedule 1 to this Act, [F6but, in relation to any such tribunal as is specified in paragraph 28(a) of that Schedule, this section shall have effect subject to paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 10 to the M1Rent Act 1968.]
(4)The person or persons constituting any such tribunal as is specified in paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 to this Act shall be appointed by the Lord Chancellor, and where such a tribunal consists of more than one person the Lord Chancellor shall designate which of them is to be the chairman.
(5)In this section “the appropriate authority” means the Minister who apart from this Act would be empowered to appoint or select the chairman, person to act as chairman, members or member of the tribunal in question.
(6)A panel may be constituted under this section for the purposes either of a single tribunal or of two or more tribunals, whether or not of the same description.
(7)The following provisions shall have effect for the application of this section to Scotland—
(a)in relation to any of the tribunals referred to in the foregoing provisions of this section which sits in Scotland, this section shall have effect with the substitution for any reference to the Lord Chancellor of a reference to the Lord President of the Court of Session;
(b)subsection (1) of this section shall apply, with the substitution aforesaid, to any such tribunal as is specified in paragraph 45(a) of Schedule 1 to this Act.
(8)In relation to any of the tribunals referred to in the foregoing provisions of this section which sits in Northern Ireland, this section shall have effect with the substitution for any reference to the Lord Chancellor of a reference to the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.
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F1Words repealed by Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977 (c. 5), Sch. 2
F2Words "28(a) or 30B" substituted (E.W.S) for words "20" or 28(a)" by Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 (c. 71), Sch. 7 para. 22(a)
F3Words "28(a)" repealed (E.W.S.) by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61), s. 152, Sch. 26
F4Words “or 30A(a) or (c)” substituted (E.W.S.) for words “30A(a) or (c) or 30B” by Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 29, Sch. 9 Pt. I para. 10
F5Words inserted by Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977 (c. 5), s. 22(15)
F6Words repealed (E.W.S.) by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61), s. 152, Sch. 26
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C1S. 7 applied by S.I. 1979/659, art. 3
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