The Transfer of Functions (Immigration Appeals) Order 1987

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order transfers to the Lord Chancellor from the Secretary of State the latter’s functions in respect of:—

(a) the appointment of adjudicators under section 12(a) of the Immigration Act 1971;

(b) the power to make rules of procedure under section 22 of that Act;

(c) the following matters referred to in Schedule 5, namely—

(i) the determination of the number of adjudicators and the appointment of the chief adjudicator (paragraph 1);

(ii) the resignation of an adjudicator (paragraph 2);

(iii) the remuneration, etc. of adjudicators (paragraph 3);

(iv) the times and places at which the adjudicators sit and the conferring of functions on the chief adjudicator (paragraph 5);

(v) the remuneration, etc. of members of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal (paragraph 9);

(vi) the appointment of officers and servants for adjudicators and the Tribunal (paragraph 15);

(vii) the remuneration of such officers and servants and the expenses of the adjudicators and the Tribunal (paragraph 16).