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Section 8: Senior President of Tribunals: power to delegate

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

The Senior President of Tribunals may delegate any function he has in his capacity as Senior President of Tribunals—

to any judge, or other member, of the Upper Tribunal or First-tier Tribunal;
to staff appointed under section 40(1).

A function under paragraph 1(1) or 2(1) of Schedule 2 may be delegated under subsection (1) only to a Chamber President of a chamber of the Upper Tribunal.

A delegation under subsection (1) is not revoked by the delegator's becoming incapacitated.

Any delegation under subsection (1) that is in force immediately before a person ceases to be Senior President of Tribunals continues in force until varied or revoked by a subsequent holder of the office of Senior President of Tribunals.

The delegation under this section of a function shall not prevent the exercise of the function by the Senior President of Tribunals.

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