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The Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Amendment) Order 2012

S.I. 2012/897 · Made 15 March 2012

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Tribunals And Inquiries

Made 15th March 2012

Laid before Parliament 22nd March 2012

Coming into force 16th April 2012

The Lord Chancellor, with the concurrence of the Senior President of Tribunals, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 3 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2007 c.15.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal Order 2008
  3. 3Amendment of the Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal Order 2008
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Amendment) Order 2012 and comes into force on 16th April 2012.

2Amendment of the Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal Order 2008

The Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal Order 2008f1 is amended as follows.

3Amendment of the Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal Order 2008

In article 2(4), after sub-paragraph (m), insert—

“(n)

in environmental matters.”

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor,

J Djanogly

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

12th March 2012

I concur,

Robert Carnwath

Senior President of Tribunals

15th March 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal Order 2008. It adds as one of the grounds of eligibility for appointment as a member of the First-tier Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal who is not a judge, substantial experience in environmental matters.