[F1 16A [F2(1)] If the chairman of [F3the Agricultural Land Tribunal] is prevented by sickness or any other reason from making nominations under sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) of the last foregoing paragraph or from otherwise discharging the duties of his office, those duties may be discharged by a person appointed from the panel of deputy-chairmen F4... by the chairman or, if the chairman is unable to make the appointment, by the [F5Lord Chief Justice, after consulting the Lord Chancellor]]
[F6(2)The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under sub-paragraph (1).]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 9 paras. 13–16, 16A substituted for paras. 13-16 by Agriculture Act 1958 (c. 71), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 5(1)(2)
F2Sch. 9 para. 16A(1): Sch. 9 para. 16A renumbered as Sch. 9 para. 16A(1) (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 33(3)(a); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(d)
F3Words in Sch. 9 para. 16A(1) substituted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 193(7)(a) (with Sch. 3)
F4Words in Sch. 9 para. 16A(1) omitted (1.7.2013) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 193(7)(b) (with Sch. 3)
F5Words in Sch. 9 para. 16A(1) substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 33(3)(b); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(d)
F6Sch. 9 para. 16A(2) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 33(3)(c); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(d)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 9 para. 16A extended by Land Drainage Act 1976 (c. 70), s. 42(2)
C2Sch. 9 para. 16A applied (1.12.1991) by Land Drainage Act 1991 (c. 59, SIF 73:1), ss. 31(3), 76(2), (with ss. 67(3)(5)(8), 72(6), 74(3)(4))