SCHEDULE 7Conditions of membership etc.
11Required oaths
1
Each of the members of the Scottish Tribunals must take the required oaths in accordance with this paragraph.
2
A Vice-President of the Upper Tribunal is to take them in the presence of the President of Tribunals.
3
A Chamber President in the First-tier Tribunal is to take them in the presence of the President of Tribunals.
4
A Deputy Chamber President in the First-tier Tribunal is to take them in the presence of either the President of Tribunals or a Chamber President in the First-tier Tribunal.
5
An ordinary or legal member of the Upper Tribunal by virtue of appointment or transfer-in as such is to take them in the presence of either the President of Tribunals or a Vice-President of the Upper Tribunal.
6
An ordinary or legal member of the First-tier Tribunal by virtue of appointment or transfer-in as such is to take them in the presence of either the President of Tribunals or a Chamber President in the First-tier Tribunal.
7
If a member of the Scottish Tribunals has previously taken the required oaths in the circumstances mentioned in sub-paragraph (8), the previous taking of the oaths counts as if it were the taking of them in accordance with this paragraph.
8
The circumstances are—
a
in the case of a member who is transferred-in as such, in connection with the office from which the person is transferred-in,
b
in the case of a member whose position changes within the Scottish Tribunals, in connection with appointment or transfer-in to the previous position.
9
In this paragraph, “the required oaths” means the oath of allegiance and the judicial oath as set out in the Promissory Oaths Act 1868.