Railway and Canal Traffic Act 1888

4 Appointment and attendance of ex officio Commissioners

(1) Of the three ex officio Commissioners of the Railway and Canal Commission one shall be nominated for England, one for Scotland, and one for Ireland ; and an ex officio Commissioner shall not be required to attend out of the part of the United Kingdom for which he is nominated.

(2) The ex officio Commissioner in each case shall be such judge of a superior court as—.

(a) in England the Lord Chancellor ; and

(b) in Scotland the Lord President of the Court of Session ; and

(c) in Ireland the Lord Chancellor of Ireland;

may from time to time by writing under his hand assign, and such assignment shall be made for a period of not less than live years.

(3) For the purpose of the attendance of the ex officio Commissioners, regulations shall be made from time to time by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Court of Session, and the Lord Chancellor of Ireland respectively, in communication with the ex officio Commissioners for England, Scotland, or Ireland, as the case may be, as to the arrangements for securing their attendance, as to the times and place of sitting in each case, and otherwise for the convenient and speedy hearing thereof.