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.