SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 5Procedure in First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal
Part 3Making of Tribunal Procedure Rules by Tribunal Procedure Committee
28Process for making Rules
1
Before the Committee makes Rules, the Committee must—
a
consult such persons (including such of the Chamber Presidents) as it considers appropriate,
b
consult the Lord President of the Court of Session if the Rules contain provision relating to proceedings in Scotland, and
c
meet (unless it is inexpedient to do so).
2
Rules made by the Committee must be—
a
signed by a majority of the members of the Committee, and
b
submitted to the Lord Chancellor.
3
The Lord Chancellor may allow or disallow Rules so made.
4
If the Lord Chancellor disallows Rules so made, he must give the Committee written reasons for doing so.
5
Rules so made and allowed—
a
come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor directs, and
b
are to be contained in a statutory instrument to which the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (c. 36) applies as if the instrument contained rules made by a Minister of the Crown.
6
A statutory instrument containing Rules made by the Committee is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
7
In the case of a member of the Committee appointed under paragraph 24, the terms of his appointment may (in particular) provide that, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a), he is to count as a member of the Committee only in relation to matters specified in those terms.