{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2005/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2005/schedule-3/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/18",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2005",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A tribunal constituted to hear an appeal under section 27 (“a tribunal”) is to consist of—\n(a) a chairman appointed by the Lord Chief Justice after consulting the Lord Chancellor , and\n(b) two other members appointed by the Assembly.\n(2) To be qualified for appointment as chairman of a tribunal, a person must satisfy the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis.\n(3) A person may not be appointed after the day on which he attains the age of 75 to be the chairman of a tribunal.\n(3A) A member of a tribunal listed in section 59 of the Wales Act 2017 (the Welsh tribunals) who is not a member of a tribunal constituted to hear an appeal under section 27 may act as a member of such a tribunal at the request of its chairman and with the approval of the President of Welsh Tribunals.\n(3B) A chairman or other member of a tribunal must vacate office on reaching the age of 75.\n(4) The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under this paragraph.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(a) substituted (3.4.2006) by The Lord Chancellor (Transfer of Functions and Supplementary Provisions) (No.2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1016), art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 38(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 1(2) substituted (21.7.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 10 para. 42; S.I. 2008/1653, art. 2(d) (with arts. 3 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 3 para. 1(3) substituted (10.3.2022) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 34(a) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 1(3A) inserted (12.12.2017 being the date that S.I. 2017/1282 comes into force) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), ss. 62(6), 71(4) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/351, reg. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 1(3B) inserted (10.3.2022) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 34(b) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 1(4) inserted (3.4.2006) by The Lord Chancellor (Transfer of Functions and Supplementary Provisions) (No.2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1016), art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 38(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/18/schedule/3/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:15:45.290138+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."
}