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Section 4: Judges and other members of the First-tier Tribunal

Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 · 2007 c. 15View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 1: Tribunals and Inquiries — Chapter 2: First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal

A person is a judge of the First-tier Tribunal if the person—

is a judge of the First-tier Tribunal by virtue of appointment under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2,
is a transferred-in judge of the First-tier Tribunal (see section 31(2)),
is a judge of the Upper Tribunal,
is within section 6A,
. . . or
is a member of a panel of Employment Judges.

A person is also a judge of the First-tier Tribunal, but only as regards functions of the tribunal in relation to appeals such as are mentioned in subsection (1) of section 5 of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995 (c. 53), if the person is an adjudicator appointed under that section by the Scottish Ministers.

A person is one of the other members of the First-tier Tribunal if the person—

is a member of the First-tier Tribunal by virtue of appointment under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2,
is a transferred-in other member of the First-tier Tribunal (see section 31(2)),
is one of the other members of the Upper Tribunal, or
is a member of a panel of members of employment tribunals that is not a panel of Employment Judges.

Schedule 2—

  • contains provision for the appointment of persons to be judges or other members of the First-tier Tribunal, and

  • makes further provision in connection with judges and other members of the First-tier Tribunal.

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