PART 4More about membership etc.

Appointment and assignment

I133Assignment policy

1

The Lord President must publish a document recording the policy adopted in relation to the assignment of the ordinary, legal and judicial members within each of the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal.

2

The Lord President must—

a

keep the assignment policy under review,

b

re-publish it if it is amended materially.

3

The assignment policy—

a

must be in terms designed to secure that appropriate use is made of the knowledge and experience of the members of the Scottish Tribunals (including their expertise in a particular area of the law),

b

may include—

i

specific provision for each of the Tribunals,

ii

different provision for different purposes in any other respects.