Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992

6 Appointment of chairmen of certain tribunals. U.K.

[F1 (1) The chairman, or any person appointed to act as chairman, of any of the tribunals to which this subsection applies shall (without prejudice to any statutory provisions as to qualifications) be selected by the appropriate authority from a panel of persons appointed by the Lord Chancellor.

(2) Members of panels constituted under this section shall hold and vacate office under the terms of the instruments under which they are appointed, but may resign office by notice in writing to the Lord Chancellor; and any such member who ceases to hold office shall be eligible for re-appointment.

(3) Subsection (1) applies to any tribunal specified in [F2 paragraph 7(b) or 38(a)] of Schedule 1.]

[F3 (4) In relation to the tribunals specified in paragraph 41(a), (b) and (c) of Schedule 1, this section has effect subject to sections 41 (social security appeal tribunals), 43 (disability appeal tribunals) and 50 (medical appeal tribunals) of the M1 Social Security Administration Act 1992.]

(5) The person or persons constituting any tribunal specified in paragraph 31 of Schedule 1 shall be appointed by the Lord Chancellor, and where such a tribunal consists of more than one person the Lord Chancellor shall designate which of them is to be the chairman.

(6) In this section, “the appropriate authority” means the Minister who apart from this Act would be empowered to appoint or select the chairman, person to act as chairman, members or member of the tribunal in question.

(7) A panel may be constituted under this section for the purposes either of a single tribunal or of two or more tribunals, whether or not of the same description.

(8) In relation to any of the tribunals referred to in this section which sits in Scotland, this section shall have effect with the substitution for any reference to the Lord Chancellor of a reference to the Lord President of the Court of Session.

[F4 (8A) In relation to a Reinstatement Committee mentioned in paragraph 38(a) of Schedule 1 which sits in Northern Ireland—

(a) in subsections (1) and (2) the references to the Lord Chancellor are to be read as references to the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission, and

(b) the terms mentioned in subsection (2) are to be determined by the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission with the agreement of the [F5 Department of Justice].]

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Textual Amendments

F1 S. 6(1)-(3) repealed (3.11.2008 so far as relating to Sch. 1 para. 7(b) of this Act, otherwise prosp.) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148(5), Sch. 8 para. 25, Sch. 23 Pt. 1; S.I. 2008/2696, arts. 2, 5(c)(ii)

F2 Words in s. 6(3) substituted (1.6.1999, 18.10.1999, 29.11.1999 for specified purposes otherwiseprosp.) by 1998 c. 14, ss. 86(1), 87(2), Sch. 7 para. 118(1); S.I. 1999/1510, art. 2(g)(vi); S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2(c), Sch.; S.I. 1999/3178, 2(1)(2), Sch.

F3 S. 6(4) repealed (18.10.1999, 29.11.1999 for specified purposes otherwiseprosp.) by 1998 c. 14, ss. 86(1)(2), 87(2), Sch. 7 para. 118(2), Sch. 8; S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2(c), Sch.; S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(2), Sch.

F4 S. 6(8A) inserted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), ss. 2(3), 5(7), Sch. 4 para. 25 (with Sch. 5 para. 16); S.I. 2010/812, art. 2

F5 Words in s. 6(8A)(b) substituted (12.4.2010) by Department of Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 3), ss. 1(5), 3(2), Sch. para. 9; S.R. 2010/147, art. 2(2)

F6 S. 6(9) repealed (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(1), 146, 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 224, Sch. 18 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 paras. 11(u), 30(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 1992 c. 5.