Paragraph 13 F1

England and Wales

(1)

The Lord Chancellor shall appoint a chairman for F2the Agricultural Land Tribunal, who shall be a F3person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis..

(2)

F4Subject to sub-paragraph (2A) of this paragraph, the chairman shall hold office for F5such period as may be specified in the terms of his appointment, and a chairman whose term of office expires shall be eligible to be re-appointed as chairman.

(F62A)

No appointment of a person to be the chairman shall be such as to extend beyond the day on which he attains the age of F775.

(3)

The chairman may resign his office by notice in writing to the Lord Chancellor.

(4)

If the Lord Chancellor F8and Lord Chief Justice are both satisfied that the chairman is incapacitated by infirmity of mind or body from discharging the duties of his office, or if the chairman is F9made bankrupt or makes a composition or arrangement with his creditors, the Lord Chancellor mayF10 , with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, revoke the appointment of the chairman.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 9 paras. 13–16, 16A substituted for paras. 13-16 by Agriculture Act 1958 (c. 71), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 5(1)(2)
F2: Words in Sch. 9 para. 13(1) substituted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 193(2)(b) (with Sch. 3)
F3: Words in Sch. 9 para. 13(1) substituted (21.7.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 10 para. 4; S.I. 2008/1653, art. 2(d) (with arts. 3 4)
F4: Words in Sch. 9 para. 13(2) inserted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 26, Sch. 6 para. 46(2)(a) (with Sch. 7 paras. 2(2), 3(2), 4); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2.
F5: Words in Sch. 9 para. 13(2) substituted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 26, Sch. 6 para. 46(2)(b) (with Sch. 7 paras. 2(2), 3(2), 4); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2.
F6: Sch. 9 para. 13(2A) inserted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 26, Sch. 6 para. 46(3) (with Sch. 7 paras. 2(2), 3(2), 4); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2.
F7: Word in Sch. 9 para. 13(2A) substituted (10.3.2022) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 2(2) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)
F8: Words in Sch. 9 para. 13(4) substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 33(2)(a); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(d)
F9: Word in Sch. 9 para. 13(4) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Bankruptcy) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/481), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 18
F10: Words in Sch. 9 para. 13(4) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 33(2)(b); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(d)

Notes on Agricultural Land Tribunal

Textual amendments

F1: Word in Sch. 9 para. 13 heading substituted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 193(2)(a) (with Sch. 3)