Part 1Tribunals and Inquiries
Chapter 1Tribunal judiciary: independence and Senior President
2Senior President of Tribunals
1
Her Majesty may, on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor, appoint a person to the office of Senior President of Tribunals.
2
Schedule 1 makes further provision about the Senior President of Tribunals and about recommendations for appointment under subsection (1).
3
A holder of the office of Senior President of Tribunals must, in carrying out the functions of that office, have regard to—
a
the need for tribunals to be accessible,
b
the need for proceedings before tribunals—
i
to be fair, and
ii
to be handled quickly and efficiently,
c
the need for members of tribunals to be experts in the subject-matter of, or the law to be applied in, cases in which they decide matters, and
d
the need to develop innovative methods of resolving disputes that are of a type that may be brought before tribunals.
4
In subsection (3) “tribunals” means—
a
the First-tier Tribunal,
b
the Upper Tribunal,
c
employment tribunals,F1 and
d
the Employment Appeal Tribunal, F2. . .
e
F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .