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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-functions-immigration-appeals-order-1987/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-functions-immigration-appeals-order-1987/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/465",
  "legislation_title": "The Transfer of Functions (Immigration Appeals) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-functions-immigration-appeals-order-1987",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order transfers to the Lord Chancellor from the Secretary of State the latter’s functions in respect of:—\n(a) the appointment of adjudicators under section 12(a) of the Immigration Act 1971;\n(b) the power to make rules of procedure under section 22 of that Act;\n(c) the following matters referred to in Schedule 5, namely—\n(i) the determination of the number of adjudicators and the appointment of the chief adjudicator (paragraph 1);\n(ii) the resignation of an adjudicator (paragraph 2);\n(iii) the remuneration, etc. of adjudicators (paragraph 3);\n(iv) the times and places at which the adjudicators sit and the conferring of functions on the chief adjudicator (paragraph 5);\n(v) the remuneration, etc. of members of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal (paragraph 9);\n(vi) the appointment of officers and servants for adjudicators and the Tribunal (paragraph 15);\n(vii) the remuneration of such officers and servants and the expenses of the adjudicators and the Tribunal (paragraph 16).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/465/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
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