PART 2Organisational arrangements
CHAPTER 1Membership types
Overview and main types
I114Capacity of members
1
Membership of the Scottish Tribunals as an ordinary or legal member of the Tribunals has the effect of granting such a member judicial status and capacity for the purpose for which this section makes provision.
2
For avoidance of doubt—
a
a judicial member of the Scottish Tribunals has judicial status and capacity for the purpose for which this section makes provision by reason of holding judicial office,
b
an extra judge derives judicial status and capacity in relation to F1the First-tier Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal (as the case may be) for the purpose for which this section makes provision from authorisation to act as mentioned in section 18(4).
3
This section makes provision—
a
in the case of an ordinary, legal or judicial member of the Scottish Tribunals, for the purpose of holding the position of and acting as such a member,
b
in the case of an extra judge of F2the First-tier Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal, for the purpose of holding that position and acting as mentioned in section 18(4).