SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Senior President of Tribunals

Part 3Terms of office

Tenure, removal, resignation etc.

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1

The Lord Chancellor, if satisfied by means of a medical certificate that a person holding the office of Senior President of Tribunals—

a

is disabled by permanent infirmity from the performance of the duties of the office, and

b

is for the time being incapacitated from resigning the office,

may, subject to sub-paragraph (2), by instrument under his hand declare the person to have vacated the office; and the instrument shall have the like effect for all purposes as if the person had on the date of the instrument resigned the office.

2

A declaration under sub-paragraph (1) with respect to a person shall be of no effect unless it is made with the concurrence of—

a

the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales,

b

the Lord President of the Court of Session, and

c

the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.