SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Procedure in First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal

Part 2Tribunal Procedure Committee

Lord Chancellor's appointees

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1

The Lord Chancellor must appoint—

a

three persons each of whom must be a person with experience of—

i

practice in tribunals, or

ii

advising persons involved in tribunal proceedings, and

b

one person nominated by the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council.

2

Before making an appointment under sub-paragraph (1), the Lord Chancellor must consult the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.

3

Until the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council first has ten members appointed under paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 7, the reference to that council in sub-paragraph (1)(b) is to be read as a reference to the Council on Tribunals; and if, when the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council first has ten members so appointed, the person appointed under sub-paragraph (1)(b) is a nominee of the Council on Tribunals, that person ceases to be a member of the Tribunal Procedure Committee at that time.