[F12B(1) A President of Pensions Appeal Tribunals and a Deputy President of Pensions Appeal Tribunals may be appointed for [F2Scotland or Northern Ireland]U.K.
(2)The person entitled to appoint a person under this paragraph to be a President or Deputy President of Pensions Appeal Tribunals shall be—
(a)F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)in the case of an appointment for Scotland, the Lord President of the Court of Session; and
(c)in the case of an appointment for Northern Ireland, the [F4[F5Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission]].
(3)Only legally qualified members of a Pensions Appeal Tribunal shall be eligible for appointment under this paragraph.
(4)A person shall cease to be President or Deputy President of Pensions Appeal Tribunals if he ceases to be a member of any such Tribunal.
(5)The Deputy President of Pensions Appeal Tribunals for [F6Scotland or Northern Ireland] shall carry out such of the functions of the President for [F7Scotland or Northern Ireland] as that President assigns to him.
(6)If at any time the President of Pensions Appeal Tribunals for [F6Scotland or Northern Ireland] is temporarily unable to carry out his functions under this Schedule, those functions shall be carried out by the Deputy President for [F7Scotland or Northern Ireland].]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 2A, 2B inserted (9.4.2001) by 2000 c. 19, s. 60(3) (with s. 83(6)); S.I. 2000/2994, art. 2(6)
F2Words in Sch. para. 2B(1) substituted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 9(1), Sch. 3 para. 21(4)(a)
F3Sch. para. 2B(2)(a) omitted (3.11.2008) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 9(1), Sch. 3 para. 21(4)(b)
F4Words in Sch. para. 2B(2)(c) substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 28(5); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(d)
F5Words in Sch. para. 2B(2)(c) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), s. 2(3), 5(7), Sch. 4 para. 1(2) (with Sch. 5 para. 16); S.I. 2010/812, art. 2
F6Words in Sch. para. 2B(5)(6) substituted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 9(1), Sch. 3 para. 21(4)(c)(i)
F7Words in Sch. para. 2B(5)(6) substituted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 9(1), Sch. 3 para. 21(4)(c)(ii)