The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) (Amendment) Order 2012

Statutory Instruments

2012 No. 1673

Tribunals And Inquiries

The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) (Amendment) Order 2012

Made

26th June 2012

Laid before Parliament

29th June 2012

Coming into force

20th July 2012

The Lord Chancellor, with the concurrence of the Senior President of Tribunals, makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 7(9) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007(1).

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) (Amendment) Order 2012 and comes into force on 20th July 2012.

Amendment to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) Order 2010

2.  The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) Order 2010(2) is amended as follows.

3.  In article 10(a) (appellate functions of the Administrative Appeals Chamber of the Upper Tribunal), for sub-paragraph (viii) substitute—

“(viii) against a decision in a road transport case;”.

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor

J Djanogly

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

26th June 2012

I concur

Jeremy Sullivan

Senior President of Tribunals

26th June 2012

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends article 10(a)(viii) of the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2655) in consequence of the recent expansion of road transport related cases over which the Upper Tribunal has jurisdiction. As well as jurisdiction over appeals from decisions of traffic commissioners, jurisdiction has been conferred on the Upper Tribunal to hear appeals under the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (2010 c.2 (N.I.)) from decisions of the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland. The amended Order describes all such appeals as road transport cases.

(1)

2007 c.15

(2)

S.I. 2010/2655 as amended by S.I. 2011/2342.