Part 1Tribunals and Inquiries

Chapter 1Tribunal judiciary: independence and Senior President

1Independence of tribunal judiciary

In section 3 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) (guarantee of continued judicial independence), after subsection (7) insert—

7A

In this section “the judiciary” also includes every person who—

a

holds an office listed in Schedule 14 or holds an office listed in subsection (7B), and

b

but for this subsection would not be a member of the judiciary for the purposes of this section.

7B

The offices are those of—

a

Senior President of Tribunals;

b

President of Employment Tribunals (Scotland);

c

Vice President of Employment Tribunals (Scotland);

d

member of a panel of chairmen of Employment Tribunals (Scotland);

e

member of a panel of members of employment tribunals that is not a panel of chairmen;

f

adjudicator appointed under section 5 of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995.