{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/40",
  "legislation_title": "Enterprise Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "The Competition Appeal Tribunal",
  "text": "(1) There shall be a tribunal, to be called the Competition Appeal Tribunal (in this Part referred to as “the Tribunal”).\n(2) The Tribunal shall consist of—\n(a) a person appointed by the Lord Chancellor to preside over the Tribunal (in this Part referred to as “the President”);\n(aa) such judges as are nominated from time to time by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from the High Court of England and Wales;\n(ab) such judges as are nominated from time to time by the Lord President of the Court of Session from the judges of the Court of Session;\n(ac) such judges as are nominated from time to time by the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland from the High Court in Northern Ireland;\n(b) members appointed by the Lord Chancellor to form a panel of chairmen; and\n(c) members appointed by the Secretary of State to form a panel of ordinary members.\n(3) The Tribunal shall have a Registrar appointed by the Secretary of State.\n(4) The expenses of the Tribunal shall be paid by the Competition Service.\n(5) Schedule 2 (which makes further provision about the Tribunal) has effect.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 12(2)(aa)-(ac) inserted (27.5.2015) by Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), ss. 82(1), 100(5); S.I. 2015/1333, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/40/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:09:23.548614+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}