PART 2Organisational arrangements

CHAPTER 1Membership types

Overview and main types

16Upper members

(1)

A person is an ordinary member of the Upper Tribunal if the person is that type of member of the Upper Tribunal through—

(a)

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

(b)

appointment as such by virtue of section 32(3).

(2)

A person is a legal member of the Upper Tribunal if the person is—

(a)

that type of member of the Upper Tribunal through—

(i)

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

(ii)

appointment as such by virtue of section 32(3),

(b)

however holding the position, a Chamber President in the First-tier Tribunal except a Temporary Chamber President, or

(c)

however holding the position, a Vice-President of the Upper Tribunal.

(3)

Despite subsection (2)(c)—

(a)

a person assigned as a Vice-President of the Upper Tribunal under section 25(1) or (2) remains a judicial member of the Tribunal,

(b)

a person assigned as a Temporary Vice-President of the Upper Tribunal, if a judicial member of the Tribunal, remains such a member of the Tribunal.