Section 3 Temporary appointments.

Where the President is temporarily absent or unable to act, theF1Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments CommissionF2 may, notwithstanding the provisions of section 1(3), appoint another member of the Lands Tribunal to act as deputy for the President, and a person so appointed shall, while so acting, have all the functions of the President.

Where a member of the Lands Tribunal is temporarily absent or unable to perform his duties or where for any reason there is a temporary increase in the number or complexity of applications being made to the Tribunal, and the Ministry F3determines, with the agreement of the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission, that it is necessary or expedient to appoint a temporary member, theF4Commission may appoint a person, being a person who has been a member of the Lands Tribunal, or is or has been a county court judge, to be a temporary member of the Tribunal for such period as may be determined by the Ministry before his appointment and on such conditions, including conditions corresponding to the provisions of section 2(2), as may be so determined.

The conditions upon which a temporary member is appointed may, with the written consent of that member, be varied by the Ministry after his appointment.

A person appointed to be a temporary member under subsection (2) shall have and may exercise all the functions of a member of the Lands Tribunal and references in this Act, other than in sections 1 and 2, to a member of the Lands Tribunal shall include a reference to such a temporary member.

There shall be paid to temporary members appointed under subsection (2) such remuneration, if any, as the Ministry may determine.

Part 3 of Schedule 3 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 does not apply in relation to temporary members.