PART 7Miscellaneous
94First-tier Tribunal: disqualification of members from exercise of certain functions
(1)
This section applies to the following functions and jurisdictions of the First-tier Tribunal—
(a)
a function or jurisdiction of the sheriff transferred to the Tribunal under section 16 or by virtue of Part 1 of schedule 1,
(b)
a function conferred on the Tribunal, by virtue of Part 3 and Parts 2 to 4 of schedule 1, by—
(i)
the 2004 Act,
(ii)
the 2006 Act,
(c)
a function conferred on the Tribunal by or under Part 4.
(2)
A member of the First-tier Tribunal is disqualified from exercising a function or jurisdiction to which this section applies if the member is—
(a)
a member of the House of Commons,
(b)
a member of the Scottish Parliament,
(c)
a member of the European Parliament,
(d)
a Minister of the Crown,
(e)
a member of the Scottish Government.
(3)
The Scottish Ministers may by order modify subsection (2) by—
(a)
adding a disqualification to,
(b)
varying the description of a disqualification for the time being mentioned in,
(c)
removing a disqualification from,
that subsection.