# Deregulation (Model Appeal Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997, Paragraph 6: Appointment of tribunal


(1) There shall be a panel of chairmen.
(2) Appointments shall be made to the panel of chairmen, by the Lord Chancellor from persons being a barrister or solicitor of at least seven years standing.
(3) A person appointed to the panel of chairmen—
(a) must be appointed (or reappointed) for a period not exceeding five years; but
(b) may be removed from office by the Lord Chancellor on the grounds of incapacity or misbehaviour,
and subject to that, shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment.
(4) On receiving a notice of appeal under rule 3, the Registrar must without delay request the responsible Department to assign a Chairman of the tribunal and appoint two other members of the tribunal to decide the appeal.
(5) The responsible Department must assign the Chairman within fourteen days and the other members of the tribunal within twenty eight days of receiving the request under paragraph (4).
(6) The Chairman must be assigned from the panel of chairmen.
(7) Of the other members of the tribunal—
(a) one must be a person whom the responsible Department considers by reason, of experience or otherwise, to have special knowledge of matters likely to be considered by the tribunal; and
(b) the other must be a person whom the responsible Department considers representative of the interests of persons in relation to whom the Authority has the power to take the enforcement action in question.
(8) The responsible Department may determine the fees and expenses to be paid to the Chairman and members of the tribunal, and any other expenses of the tribunal which are to be defrayed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/269/schedule/2/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-model-appeal-provisions-order-northern-ireland-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-6
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