# Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943, Paragraph 2B

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A President of Pensions Appeal Tribunals and a Deputy President of Pensions Appeal Tribunals may be appointed for Scotland or Northern Ireland
(2) The person entitled to appoint a person under this paragraph to be a President or Deputy President of Pensions Appeal Tribunals shall be—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) in the case of an appointment for Scotland, the Lord President of the Court of Session; and
(c) in the case of an appointment for Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission.
(3) Only legally qualified members of a Pensions Appeal Tribunal shall be eligible for appointment under this paragraph.
(4) A person shall cease to be President or Deputy President of Pensions Appeal Tribunals if he ceases to be a member of any such Tribunal.
(5) The Deputy President of Pensions Appeal Tribunals for Scotland or Northern Ireland shall carry out such of the functions of the President for Scotland or Northern Ireland as that President assigns to him.
(6) If at any time the President of Pensions Appeal Tribunals for Scotland or Northern Ireland is temporarily unable to carry out his functions under this Schedule, those functions shall be carried out by the Deputy President for Scotland or Northern Ireland.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/6-7/39/schedule/paragraph/2B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-appeal-tribunals-act-1943/schedule/paragraph-2B
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