Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 10)

PART 2 Organisational arrangements

CHAPTER 1 Membership types

Overview and main types

15 First-tier members

(1) A person is an ordinary member of the First-tier Tribunal if the person is that type of member of the First-tier Tribunal through—

(a) transfer-in as such by virtue of section 29(b), or

(b) appointment as such by virtue of section 32(1).

(2) A person is a legal member of the First-tier Tribunal if the person is—

(a) that type of member of the First-tier Tribunal through—

(i) transfer-in as such by virtue of section 29(b), or

(ii) appointment as such by virtue of section 32(1), or

(b) however holding the position, a Chamber President or Deputy Chamber President in the First-tier Tribunal.

(3) Despite subsection (2)(b), a person assigned as a Temporary Chamber President in the First-tier Tribunal, if a judicial member of the Tribunal, remains such a member of the Tribunal.