Part 1Tribunals and Inquiries

Chapter 2First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal

Members and composition of tribunals

6Certain judges who are also judges of First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal

1

A person is within this subsection (and so, by virtue of sections 4(1)(c) and 5(1)(g), is a judge of the First-tier Tribunal and of the Upper Tribunal) if the person—

a

is an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal in England and Wales (including the vice-president, if any, of either division of that Court),

b

is a Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland,

c

is a judge of the Court of Session,

d

is a puisne judge of the High Court in England and Wales or Northern Ireland,

e

is a circuit judge,

f

is a sheriff in Scotland,

g

is a county court judge in Northern Ireland,

h

is a district judge in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, or

i

is a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts).

2

References in subsection (1)(c) to (i) to office-holders do not include deputies or temporary office-holders.