# The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013, Article 5: Transfer of persons into the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal


A person who, immediately before 1st July 2013, holds an office listed in column (1) of the following table is to hold the office or offices listed in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the table.
Column (1)
Office held
Column (2)
Office to be held
Any person appointed under Schedule 10 to the Rent Act 1977 to be a chairman member of a rent assessment panel for an area in England on the basis of holding a qualification as a solicitor or a barrister or as having sufficient expertise and experience in the law
Transferred-in judge of the First-tier Tribunal
Any person appointed under Schedule 10 to the Rent Act 1977 to be a chairman member of a rent assessment panel for an area in England on the basis of holding a qualification as a chartered surveyor
Transferred-in other member of the First-tier Tribunal
Any person appointed under Schedule 10 to the Rent Act 1977 to a rent assessment panel for an area in England other than a person falling within the entries above
Transferred-in other member of the First-tier Tribunal
Chairman of an Agricultural Land Tribunal for an area in England
Transferred-in judge of the First-tier Tribunal
Member of a panel of deputy chairmen of an Agricultural Land Tribunal for an area in England
Transferred-in judge of the First-tier Tribunal
Member of a panel of an Agricultural Land Tribunal for an area in England representing the interests of farmers
Transferred-in other member of the First-tier Tribunal
Member of a panel of an Agricultural Land Tribunal for an area in England representing the interests of owners of agricultural land
Transferred-in other member of the First-tier Tribunal
Member of a panel of persons experienced in matters relating to the drainage of land for the purposes of section 31 of the Land Drainage Act 1991 in England
Transferred-in other member of the First-tier Tribunal
Adjudicator to Her Majesty’s Land Registry
Transferred-in judge of the First-tier Tribunal and deputy judge of the Upper Tribunal
Member of the Adjudicator’s staff who is authorised by the Adjudicator to carry out functions of the Adjudicator which are not of an administrative character
Transferred-in judge of the First-tier Tribunal

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111534267/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-transfer-of-tribunal-functions-order-2013/article-5
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