http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/15/section/36Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007An Act to make provision about tribunals and inquiries; to establish an Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council; to amend the law relating to judicial appointments and appointments to the Law Commission; to amend the law relating to the enforcement of judgments and debts; to make further provision about the management and relief of debt; to make provision protecting cultural objects from seizure or forfeiture in certain circumstances; to amend the law relating to the taking of possession of land affected by compulsory purchase; to alter the powers of the High Court in judicial review applications; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-04-15Expert Participation2026-03-18 Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007Sch. 7 para. 6(1)(e)Crime and Courts Act 2013Sch. 14 para. 13(2)s. 61(3)art. 3(g)Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007Sch. 7 para. 6(4)(b)Crime and Courts Act 2013Sch. 14 para. 13(2)s. 61(3)art. 3(g)Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007s. 22(6)Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022Sch. 4 para. 4(2)s. 51(4)Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007s. 23(8)Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022Sch. 4 para. 4(3)s. 51(4)Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007s. 13(8)(bza)Nationality and Borders Act 2022s. 23(2)s. 87(1)Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007s. 13(8)(bzb)Nationality and Borders Act 2022s. 24(9)s. 87(1)Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007s. 25ANationality and Borders Act 2022s. 80(1)s. 87(1)Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007Sch. 5 para. 11A and cross-headingNationality and Borders Act 2022s. 80(2)s. 87(1)Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007s. 29(3A)Nationality and Borders Act 2022s. 81(6)s. 87(1)Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007s. 16(3)(a)Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015s. 85(3)(a)s. 95(1)Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007s. 16(3)(b) and wordCriminal Justice and Courts Act 2015s. 85(3)(b)s. 95(1)Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007s. 16(3A)(3B)Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015s. 85(4)s. 95(1) Part 1Chapter 3361The Lord Chancellor may by order transfer any power to make procedural rules for a scheduled tribunal to—ahimself, orbthe Tribunal Procedure Committee.2A power may not be transferred under subsection (1) if, or to the extent that, the provision conferring the power—awould be within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament if it were included in an Act of that Parliament, orbwould be within the legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly if it were included in an Act of that Assembly.3Subsection (2) does not apply to—apower conferred by section 40A(3). . . of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39) (power to make provision with respect to appeals), orbpower conferred by section 7(3) of the Estate Agents Act 1979 (c. 38) (duty of Secretary of State to make regulations with respect to appeals under section 7(1) of that Act).4An order under subsection (1)(b)—amay not alter any parliamentary procedure relating to the making of the procedural rules concerned, butbmay otherwise include provision for the purpose of assimilating the procedure for making them to the procedure for making Tribunal Procedure Rules.5An order under subsection (1)(b) may include provision requiring the Tribunal Procedure Committee to make procedural rules for purposes notified to it by the Lord Chancellor.6An order under this section—amay relate to a power either wholly or in cases (including cases framed by reference to areas) specified in the order;bmay include provision for the purposes of or in consequence of, or for giving full effect to, the transfer;cmay include such incidental, supplementary, transitional or consequential provision or savings as the Lord Chancellor thinks fit.7A power to make procedural rules for a tribunal that is exercisable by the Tribunal Procedure Committee by virtue of an order under this section must be exercised by the committee with a view to securing—athat the system for deciding matters within the jurisdiction of that tribunal is accessible and fair,bthat proceedings before that tribunal are handled quickly and efficiently,cthat the rules are both simple and simply expressed, anddthat the rules where appropriate confer on persons who are, or who are members of, that tribunal responsibility for ensuring that proceedings before that tribunal are handled quickly and efficiently.8In this section—“procedural rules”, in relation to a tribunal, means provision (whether called rules or not) regulating practice or procedure before the tribunal;“scheduled tribunal” means a tribunal in a list in Schedule 6 that has effect for the purposes of this section.Words in s. 36(3)(a) repealed (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 146, 148, Sch. 23 Pt. 1; S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(i)(vii) (with arts. 3, 4)