SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Chambers and Chamber Presidents: further provision

Part 1Chamber Presidents: appointment, delegation, deputies and further provision

F1Chamber Presidents and Deputies: removal from office and extension of appointment

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Amendments (Textual)
F1

Sch. 4 para. 5A and cross-heading inserted (1.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 47(14); S.I. 2013/2200, art. 3(e) (with savings in S.I. 2013/2192, regs. 48, 49)

5A

1

This paragraph applies to a person—

a

appointed under section 7(6) or (7) as a Chamber President, or

b

appointed under paragraph 5(1) or (2) as a Deputy Chamber President of a chamber.

2

If the terms of the person's appointment provide that the person is appointed otherwise than on a fee-paid basis, the person may be removed from office—

a

only by the Lord Chancellor with the concurrence of the Senior President of Tribunals, and

b

only on the ground of inability or misbehaviour.

3

If the terms of the person's appointment provide that the person is appointed on a fee-paid basis, the person may be removed from office—

a

only by the Lord Chancellor with the concurrence of the Senior President of Tribunals, and

b

only on—

i

the ground of inability or misbehaviour, or

ii

a ground specified in the person's terms of appointment.

4

If the period (or extended period) for which the person is appointed ends before—

a

the day on which the person attains the age of F275

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then, subject to sub-paragraph (5), the Lord Chancellor must extend the period of the person's appointment (including a period already extended under this sub-paragraph) before it ends.

5

Extension under sub-paragraph (4)—

a

requires the person's agreement,

b

is to be for such period as the Lord Chancellor considers appropriate, and

c

may be refused on—

i

the ground of inability or misbehaviour, or

ii

a ground specified in the person's terms of appointment,

but only with any agreement of a senior judge (see section 46(7)), or a nominee of a senior judge, that may be required by those terms.