The Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Amendment) Order 2012

Statutory Instruments

2012 No. 897

Tribunals And Inquiries

The Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Amendment) Order 2012

Made

15th March 2012

Laid before Parliament

22nd March 2012

Coming into force

16th April 2012

The Lord Chancellor, with the concurrence of the Senior President of Tribunals, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 3 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007(1).

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Amendment) Order 2012 and comes into force on 16th April 2012.

Amendment of the Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal Order 2008

2.  The Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal Order 2008(2) is amended as follows.

3.  In article 2(4), after sub-paragraph (m), insert—

“(n) in environmental matters.”

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor,

J Djanogly

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

12th March 2012

I concur,

Robert Carnwath

Senior President of Tribunals

15th March 2012

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal Order 2008. It adds as one of the grounds of eligibility for appointment as a member of the First-tier Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal who is not a judge, substantial experience in environmental matters.

(1)

2007 c.15.

(2)

S.I 2008/2692 as amended by S.I 2009/1592.