Part 3

Welsh tribunals

The Welsh tribunals
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1
In this Part “"Welsh tribunal”” means—
a
the Agricultural Land Tribunal for Wales or Tribiwnlys Tir Amaethyddol Cymru;
b
the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales;
c
a rent assessment committee constituted in accordance with Schedule 10 to the Rent Act 1977 (including a leasehold valuation tribunal and a residential property tribunal);
d
the Education Tribunal for Wales or Tribiwnlys Addysg Cymru;
e
a tribunal constituted in accordance with Schedule 3 to the Education Act 2005 (registration of inspectors in Wales: tribunals hearing appeals under section 27);
f
a tribunal drawn from the Adjudication Panel for Wales or Panel Dyfarnu Cymru;
g
the Welsh Language Tribunal or Tribiwnlys y Gymraeg.
2
Her Majesty may by Order in Council amend subsection (1)—
a
so as to remove or revise a paragraph,
b
so as to add or substitute a tribunal whose functions—
i
are exercisable only in relation to Wales, and
ii
do not relate to reserved matters (within the meaning of the Government of Wales Act 2006), or
c
so as to make amendments (to provisions of this Part or other enactments) that are consequential on an amendment within paragraph (a) or (b).
3
No recommendation is to be made to Her Majesty in Council to make an Order in Council under this section unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the Order in Council has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the National Assembly for Wales.
4
Subsection (3) does not apply to a statutory instrument containing an Order in Council that only makes—
a
provision for the omission of a paragraph in subsection (1) where the tribunal concerned has ceased to exist,
b
provision for the variation of a paragraph in consequence of a change of name or transfer of functions, or
c
amendments within subsection (2)(c).
Such an Order in Council is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Assembly.
S. 59 in force at 10.7.2017 or the first day on which regulations made under 2017 c. 4, Sch. 5 para. 7(1) come into force, whichever is the later by S.I. 2017/351, reg. 2
S. 59(1)(d) substituted (1.9.2021) by The Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/861), regs. 1, 10(2)