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F1N.I.

  • Judge of the High Court

  • Temporary judge of the High Court under section 7(3) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23)

  • County court judge

  • Deputy county court judge

  • Resident magistrate

  • Deputy resident magistrate

  • Coroner

  • Deputy coroner

  • Statutory officer (within the meaning of section 70(1) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978)

  • Deputy for a statutory officer under section 74 of that Act

  • Temporary additional statutory officer under that section

  • Chief Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland

  • Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland

  • Deputy Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland

  • Chief Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland

  • Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland

  • Deputy Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland

  • President of appeal tribunals (within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)))

  • Member of the panel of persons to act as members of such appeal tribunals

  • [F2Member of the panel of persons who may serve as chairmen of the Care Tribunal established by Article 44 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvements and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/431 (N.I. 9))]

  • [F3Chairman of an Appeal Tribunal for the purposes of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/2203 (N.I. 22))]

  • President of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal

  • Acting President of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal under Article 82(6) of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/3162 (N.I. 12))

  • Vice-President of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal

  • Acting Vice-President of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal under Article 82(6) of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998

  • [F4Member of the panel of chairmen of the Industrial Tribunals]

  • Member of the panel of chairmen of the Fair Employment Tribunal

  • President of the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland

  • Deputy President of the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland under section 3(1) of the Lands Tribunal and Compensation Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 (c. 29 (N.I.))

  • Other member of the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland

  • Temporary member of the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland under section 3(2) of the Lands Tribunal and Compensation Act (Northern Ireland) 1964

  • President of the Special Educational Needs [F5and Disability] for Northern Ireland

  • Member of the panel of persons who may serve as chairman of that Tribunal

  • Member of the tribunal established under section 91 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47)

  • Member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Northern Ireland

  • Lay magistrate

  • [F6Member of the panel of persons who may serve as chairmen of a tribunal established for the purposes of the Deregulation (Model Appeal Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. 1997/269)

  • Chairman of a Tribunal appointed under paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 in its application to Northern Ireland

  • Member of a Tribunal appointed under paragraph 2(1) of the Schedule to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 in its application to Northern Ireland

  • President or Deputy President of Pensions Appeal Tribunals appointed under paragraph 2B of the Schedule to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 in its application to Northern Ireland

  • Chairman of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal for the purpose of proceedings brought before it in Northern Ireland

  • [F7Deputy appointed under paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 3 to the Plant Varieties Act 1997 for the purpose of proceedings brought before the Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal in Northern Ireland]

  • Member of the panel of persons to act as chairmen of Reinstatement Committees sitting in Northern Ireland (appointed under paragraph 2(1)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985)

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  • [F10 President of the Northern Ireland Valuation Tribunal

  • Member of the Northern Ireland Valuation Tribunal]

  • [F11President or other member of the Charity Tribunal for Northern Ireland

  • Adjudicator appointed under Article 7(1)(b) of the Criminal Injuries Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 2002

  • Chairman appointed under Article 7(2)(b) of the Criminal Injuries Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 2002

  • Adjudicator appointed under Article 29 of the Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005]

  • [F12Chairman of an Appeal Tribunal for the purposes of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987]

  • [F13Member of the Victims' Payments Board

  • President of the Victims' Payments Board]

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 1 entries inserted (26.9.2009 for specified purposes, 12.4.2010 in so far as not already in force) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), s. 5(7), Sch. 4 para. 35(3) (with Sch. 5 para. 16); S.I. 2009/2466, art. 2(b); S.I. 2010/812, art. 2

F6Sch. 1: entries inserted (3.4.2006 for certain purposes and 15.6.2006 for certain further purposes) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 5 para. 122(5); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 12; S.I. 2006/1537, art. 2

F11Sch. 1: entries inserted (26.9.2009 for specified purposes, 12.4.2010 in so far as not already in force) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), ss. 2, 5, Sch. 4 para. 35(3) (with Sch. 5 para. 16); S.I. 2009/2466, art. 2; S.I. 2010/812, art. 2

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