Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order transfers to the Lord Chancellor from the Secretary of State the latter’s functions in respect of:—

(a)

the appointment of adjudicators under section 12(a) of the Immigration Act 1971;

(b)

the power to make rules of procedure under section 22 of that Act;

(c)

the following matters referred to in Schedule 5, namely—

(i)

the determination of the number of adjudicators and the appointment of the chief adjudicator (paragraph 1);

(ii)

the resignation of an adjudicator (paragraph 2);

(iii)

the remuneration, etc. of adjudicators (paragraph 3);

(iv)

the times and places at which the adjudicators sit and the conferring of functions on the chief adjudicator (paragraph 5);

(v)

the remuneration, etc. of members of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal (paragraph 9);

(vi)

the appointment of officers and servants for adjudicators and the Tribunal (paragraph 15);

(vii)

the remuneration of such officers and servants and the expenses of the adjudicators and the Tribunal (paragraph 16).