The Lord Chancellor may, with the concurrence of the Senior President of Tribunals, by order make provision for the organisation of each of the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal into a number of chambers.
There is—
to be a person, or two persons, to preside over that chamber.
A person may at a particular time—
A person appointed under this section to preside over a chamber is to be known as a Chamber President.
Where two persons are appointed under this section to preside over the same chamber, any reference in an enactment to the Chamber President of the chamber is a reference to a person appointed under this section to preside over the chamber.
The Senior President of Tribunals may (consistently with subsection (2)) appoint a person who is the Chamber President of a chamber to preside instead, or to preside also, over another chamber.
The Senior President of Tribunals may (consistently with subsection (2)) appoint a person who is not a Chamber President to preside over a chamber.
Schedule 4 (eligibility for appointment under subsection (7), appointment of Deputy Chamber Presidents and Acting Chamber Presidents, assignment of judges and other members of the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal, and further provision about Chamber Presidents and chambers) has effect.
Each of the Lord Chancellor and the Senior President of Tribunals may, with the concurrence of the other, by order—