{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-credit-act-1974/schedule-A1/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-credit-act-1974/schedule-A1/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/39",
  "legislation_title": "Consumer Credit Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-credit-act-1974",
  "path": "schedule/A1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Lord Chancellor shall appoint a panel of persons for the purpose of serving as chairmen of the Tribunal.\n(2) A person shall not be appointed to the panel of chairmen unless he—\n(a) satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis;\n(b) is an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least five years' standing; or\n(c) is a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland, or a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland, of at least five years' standing.\n(3) The Lord Chancellor shall also appoint a panel of persons who appear to him to be qualified by experience or otherwise to deal with appeals of the kind that may be made to the Tribunal.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. A1 para. 3(2)(a) substituted (21.7.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 50, 148, Sch. 10 para. 11(2); S.I. 2008/1653, art. 2(b)(d) (with arts. 3, 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. A1 para. 3(2)(b)(c) substituted (21.7.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 50, 148, Sch. 10 para. 11(3); S.I. 2008/1653, art. 2(b)(d) (with arts. 3, 4)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/39/schedule/A1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:43:44.026464+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}