The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) (Amendment) Order 2010

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) Order 2008 (“the 2008 Order”). The 2008 Order organised the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal into chambers and made provision for the allocation of those tribunals’ functions between the chambers.

This Order amends and adds functions regarding appeals against requirements to account for an amount under regulations made under the Saving Gateway Accounts Act 2009 in the Social Entitlement Chamber.

This Order adds new functions relating to a decision of the Family Health Services Appeal Authority in the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber. It also adds new functions relating to a decision of the Financial Services Authority, the Bank of England, a person relating to the assessment of any compensation or consideration under the Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008 or the Banking Act 2009, or the Pensions Regulator in the Tax and Chancery Chamber.

This Order also creates two new chambers for the purposes of the transfer of functions of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal to the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal. Cases previous heard by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal will now be heard by the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal or the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the Upper Tribunal.

Finally, this Order makes provision for a Chamber President to re-allocate a case to another chamber.