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Part I Tribunals under Direct Supervision of CouncilC1C2C3C4C5C6C7C8E1

Northern Ireland

Matters with which tribunal concernedTribunal and statutory authority
Agriculture1.(a) The Agricultural Land Tribunals established under section 73 of the Agriculture Act 1947 (c. 48);
(b) arbitrators appointed (otherwise than by agreement) under F1Schedule 11 to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986.
F2Aircraft and shipbuilding industries1A.The Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Arbitration Tribunal established under section 42 of the M1Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977.
. . . F32. . . .
F4Banking2A.An appeal tribunal constituted under section 28 of the Banking Act 1987 (c. 22).
Betting levy3.An appeal tribunal for England and Wales established under section 29 of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (c. 2).
X1Children’s voluntary homes4.Appeal tribunals constituted in accordance with section 30 of, and Part I of Schedule 1 to, the Children Act 1948 (c. 43).
F5Registration of voluntary homes under Child Care Act 1980 and children’s homes under Children’s Homes Act 1982.4.Registered Homes Tribunals constituted under Schedule 4 to the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983.
[F6Child support maintenance] [4A.]. [ -(a) The child support appeal tribunals established under section 21 of the Child Support Act 1991. (b) A Child Support Commissioner appointed under section 22 of the Child Support Act 1991 and any tribunal presided over by such a Commissioner.]
Commons5.The Commons Commissioners and assessors appointed under section 17(2) and (3) of the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64).
F7Conveyancing5AA.A Conveyancing Appeals Tribunal constituted under section 41 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.
F8Criminal injuries compensation.5B.The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board constituted under Part VII of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.
. . . F95A . . .
F10Copyright.5A.The Copyright Tribunal.
F11Data protection. F125B.(a) The Data Protection Registrar;
(b) The Data Protection Tribunal.
Education6Independent Schools Tribunals constituted under section 72 of, and Schedule 6 to, the Education Act 1944 (c. 31).
F13Fair Trading6A.The Director General of Fair Trading in respect of his functions under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39) and the Estate Agents Act 1979 (c. 38), and any member of the Director’s staff authorised to exercise those functions under paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Fair Trading Act 1973 (c. 41).
F14Financial services.6B.The Financial Services Tribunal established by section 96 of the Financial Services Act 1986.
F15Food.6C.Tribunals constituted in accordance with regulations under Part II of the Food Safety Act 1990.
Forestry7.Committees appointed for the purposes of section 20 or 21 of the Forestry Act 1967 (c. 10), being committees the members of which are appointed by the Minister having functions under those sections as respects England or Wales.
F16Hospital building7A.The Health Services Board and its Welsh Committee, in respect of their functions under Part III of the M2Health Services Act 1976.
Immigration appeals8.(a) The adjudicators established by section 1 of the Immigration Appeals Act 1969 (c. 21);
(b) the Immigration Appeal Tribunal established by section 1 of the Immigration Appeals Act 1969 (c. 21).
Indemnification of justices and clerks.9.Any person appointed under section 27(3) of the Administration of Justice Act 1964 (c. 42).
F17Industry9A.An arbitration tribunal established under Schedule 3 to the M3Industry Act 1975.
Industry and employment10.The industrial tribunals for England and Wales established under F18section 12 of the Industrial Training Act 1964 (c. 16)section 128 of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c. 44).
F1910A.The Insolvency Practitioners Tribunal referred to in section 396 of the Insolvency Act 1986
. . . F2011 . . .
Land12.The Lands Tribunal constituted under section 1(1)(b) of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949 (c. 42).
F21Local Taxation.12A.Valuation and community charge tribunals established by regulations under Schedule 11 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988.
London Building Acts13.The tribunal of appeal constituted in accordance with section 109 of the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 (c. xcvii).
Mental Health14.The Mental Health Review Tribunals constituted under section 3 of the Mental Health Act 1959 (c. 72).
F22Milk and Dairies15.Tribunals constituted under regulations made under, or having effect as if made under, Part II of the F23Food Act 1984.
Mines and Quarries16.Tribunals for the purposes of section 150 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 (c. 70).
National Health Service17.F24(a) Family Practitioner Committees established in pursuance of F25section 10 of the M4National Health Service Act 1977 . . . F26;
(b) the tribunal constituted under section 46 of the M5National Health Service Act 1977;
(c) service committees of F27a Family Practitioner Committee, being committees constituted in accordance with regulations made under the M6National Health Service Act 1977.
. . . F28C918. . . .
National Service19.(a) The Military Service (Hardship) Committees constituted under Schedule 3 to the National Service Act 1948 (c. 64);
b) the local tribunals constituted under Schedule 4 to the National Service Act 1948 (c. 64);
(c) the appellate tribunal constituted under Schedule 4 to the National Service Act 1948 (c. 64);
(d) the referees selected under the proviso to section 23(3) of the National Service Act 1948 (c. 64);
(e) the Reinstatement Committees appointed under F29paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985;
(f) the umpire and any deputy umpire appointed under F30paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985.
. . . F3120. . . .
Nurses’ training institutions21.Persons nominated under section 21(2) of the Nurses Act 1957 (c. 15).
F32Nursing Homes and Mental Nursing Homes Registration.21ARegistered Homes Tribunals constituted under Schedule 4 to the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983.
Patents, designs and trade marks.C1022.The comptroller-general of patents, designs, and trade marks, and any officer authorised to exercise the functions of the comptroller under section 62(3) of the Patents and Designs Act 1907 (c. 29).
Pensions23.(a) Pensions Appeal Tribunals for England and Wales established under section 8 of the War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act 1919 (c. 53);
(b) Pensions Appeal Tribunals constituted under the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 (c. 39), being tribunals appointed for England and Wales;
(c) tribunals appointed under regulations under section 1 of the F33M7Police Pensions Act 1976 to hear F34such appeals as by virtue of the regulations lie to tribunals so appointed;
(d) appeal tribunals constituted in accordance with a scheme in force under section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947 (c. 41).
F35(e) the Pensions Ombudsman established under Part IVA of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (c. 60) in respect of his functions under or by virtue of section 59C(2) of that Act.
. . . F3624. . . .
Plant varieties25.(a) The Controller of Plant Variety Rights and any officer authorised to exercise the functions of the Controller under section 11(5) of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (c. 14);
(b) the F37Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal established by section 10 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (c. 14).
. . . F3826. . . .
Rates27.Local valuation courts constituted in accordance with section 88 of the General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9).
Rents28.F39(a) Rent Tribunals constituted in accordance with F40section 76 of the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42);
(b) Rent assessment committees constituted in accordance with Schedule 10 to the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42).
F41Residential Care Homes Registration.28A.Registered Homes Tribunals constituted under Schedule 4 to the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983.
Revenue29.(a) The Commissioners for the general purposes of the income tax acting under section 2 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (c. 9) for any division in England and Wales;
(b) the Commissioners for the special purposes of the Income Tax Acts appointed under section 4 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (c. 9);
(c) . . . F42
(d)the tribunal constituted for the purposes of Chapter I of Part XVII of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 (c.10).
F43Road Traffic30.(a) The traffic commissioners for any area appointed under Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1960 (c. 16) and the traffic commissioner for the metropolitan traffic area;
(b) the licensing authority for the purposes of Part V of the Transport Act 1968 (c. 73).
Road Traffic.30.F44(a)The traffic commissioner for any area constituted for the purposes of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act M81981 (c. 14).and (b) a parking adjudicator appointed under section 73(3)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1991.
F45Social Security30A(a) Social security appeal tribunals constituted under section 41 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992;(b) disability appeal tribunals constituted under section 43 of that Act;(c) medical appeal tribunals constituted under section 50 of that Act;(d) a Commissioner appointed under section 52 of that Act and any tribunal presided over by a Commissioner so appointed;(e) a tribunal constituted under regulations made under section 58 of that Act.
F46F47Supplementary benefits &c. 30B. The appeal tribunals constituted in accordance with Schedule 4 to the M9Supplementary Benefits Act 1976.
F48Transport charges and licences.31.The Transport Tribunal constituted as provided in Schedule 10 to the Transport Act 1962 (c. 46).
Transport.31.The Transport Tribunal constituted as provided in Schedule 4 to the Transport Act 1985.
Wireless telegraphy32.The tribunal established under section 9 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (c. 54).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words substituted by Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (c. 5, SIF 2:3), ss. 99, 100, Sch. 13 para. 3, Sch. 14 para. 49

F2

Para. 1A inserted by Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 (c. 3), s. 42(10)

F3

Para. 2 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I

F4

Words inserted by Banking Act 1987 (c. 22, SIF 10), s. 108(1), Sch. 6 para. 4(2)

F5

Para. 4 substituted (S.) by virtue of Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 29, Sch. 9 Pt. I para. 12 and Registered Homes Act 1984 (c. 23, SIF 113:3), s. 57, Sch. 3

F6

Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 4A inserted (1.9.1992) by Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48), s. 58(2)(13), Sch. 5 para. 1(2); S.I. 1992/1938, art.2.

F7

Pt. I para. 5AA: the entry referring to “Conveyancing” inserted (prosp.) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), ss. 124(3), 125(3), Sch. 18 para. 2 which provides that the entry shall be inserted after the entry relating to commons

F8

Pt. I para. 5B: the entry referring to “Criminal injuries compensation” inserted (prosp.) after the entry the first column of which reads “Commons” by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), ss. 123(6), 170(1), 171(1), Sch. 8 para. 16, Sch. 15 para. 37(2)

F9

Pt. I para. 5A: the entry referring to Consumer Credit which was inserted by Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39, SIF 60), s. 3(c) was repealed by Estate Agents Act 1979 (c. 38, SIF 124:4), ss. 24(1)(b), 36(2)

F10

Pt. I para. 5A: the entry referring to “Copyright” inserted by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 303, Sch. 7 para. 14

F11

Pt. I para. 5B: the entry referring to “Data protection” inserted by Data Protection Act 1984 (c. 35, SIF 106), s. 3(6), Sch. 2 para. 13(c)

F12

Pt. I para. 5B: the entry referring to “Data protection” renumbered as “5B” by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 303, Sch. 7 para. 14

F13

Para. 6A inserted by Estate Agents Act 1979 (c. 38), ss. 24(1)(b), 36(2)

F14

Pt. I para. 6B: the entry referring to “Financial services” inserted by Financial Services Act 1986 (c. 60, SIF 69), s. 96(6), Sch. 6 para. 6(c)

F15

Pt. I para. 6C: the entry referring to “Food” inserted (E.W.S.) by Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2), s. 59(1), Sch. 3 para. 14(1)

F16

Pt. I para. 7A inserted by Health Services Act 1976 (c. 83, SIF 113:2), Sch. 1 Pt. IV para. 23(1)(3) and repealed (E.W.S.) by Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53, SIF 113:2), s. 25(4), Sch. 7

F17

Para. 9A inserted by Industry Act 1975 (c. 68), Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 10

F18

Pt. I para. 10: “section 128 of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c. 44)” substituted (E.W.S.) for “section 12 of the Industrial Training Act 1964 (c. 16)” by Industrial Training Act 1982 (c. 10, SIF 43:1), s. 20, Sch. 3 para. 2

F19

Para. 10A inserted (E.W.S.) by Insolvency Act 1985 (c. 65, SIF 66), s. 8, Sch. 1 para. 5(4) and substituted by Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45, SIF 66), s. 439(2), Sch. 14 (the said s. 8 and para. 5(4) being repealed by s. 438 and Sch. 12 of the 1986 Act)

F20

Entry relating to Iron and Steel repealed by British Steel Act 1988 (c. 35, SIF 70), s. 16(3), Sch. 2 Pt. I

F21

Para. 12A inserted (E.W.S.) by Local Government Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1), s. 142, Sch. 12 para. 41

F22

Para. 15 repealed (E.W.S.) by Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2), ss. 54, 59(1)(4), Sch. 3 para. 14(1), Sch. 5

F23

Words substituted by Food Act 1984 (c. 30, SIF 53:1), s. 134, Sch. 10 para. 18

F24

Para. 17(a) substituted by National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32), Sch. 4 para. 134

F25

Words substituted by National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49), Sch. 15 para. 53

F26

At the end of para. 17(a) certain words were added by Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53, SIF 113:2), ss. 1, 2, Sch. 1 para. 87 and by Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48, SIF 113:1), s. 24, Sch. 8 Pt. I these words were repealed

F27

Words substituted by National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32), Sch. 4 para. 134

F28

Sch. 1 para. 18 repealed by Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977 (c. 5), Sch. 2

F29

Words substituted by Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985 (c. 17, SIF 7:2), s. 21, Sch. 4 para. 3(a)

F30

Words substituted by Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985 (c. 17, SIF 7:2), s. 21, Sch. 4 para. 3(b)

F31

Sch. 1 para. 20 repealed by Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 (c. 71), Sch. 7 para. 22(b)

F32

Para. 21A inserted (S.) by virtue of Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 29, Sch. 9 Pt. I para. 13 and Registered Homes Act 1984 (c. 23, SIF 113:3), s. 57, Sch. 3

F33

Words substituted by Police Pensions Act 1976 (c. 35), Sch. 2 para. 9

F34

Words substituted by Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11), Sch. 6 para. 91(a)

F35

Para. 23: sub-para. (e) added at the end of second column in para. 23 of Sch. 1 by Social Security Act 1990 (c. 27, SIF 113:1), s. 12(2)(a)

F36

Para. 24 repealed by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 303(2), Sch. 8

F37

Words substituted by European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Sch. 4 para. 5(6)

F38

Para. 26: Entry relating to the tribunal constituted under section 6 of the Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Act 1958 repealed by Financial Services Act 1986 (c. 60, SIF 69), s. 212(3), Sch. 17 Pt. I

F39

Para. 28(a) repealed (E.W.S.) by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61), s. 152, Sch. 26

F40

Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 17(2)(a)

F41

Para. 28A inserted (S.) by virtue of Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 29, Sch. 9 Pt. I para. 14 and Registered Homes Act 1984 (c. 23, SIF 113:3), s. 57, Sch. 3

F42

Para. 29(c) repealed by Finance Act 1982 (c. 39, SIF 63:1), s. 157, Sch. 22 Pt. X

F43

Para. 30 referring to the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 substituted (E.W.S.) for para. 30 referring to the Road Traffic Act 1960 and the Transport Act 1968 by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 3, Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 2(2)

F44

Words in Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 30 inserted (1.10.1991) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), s. 81, Sch. 7 para. 1 (with s. 79(1)); S.I. 1991/2054, art. 3, Sch.

F45

Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 30A substituted (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 4, 7(2), Sch. 2 para.9.

F46

Para. 30B inserted by Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 (c. 71), Sch. 7 para. 22(b)

F47

Para. 30B repealed (E.W.S.) by Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 30, Sch. 10 Pt. I

F48

Para. 31 referring to the Transport Act 1985 substituted (E.W.S.) for para. 31 referring to the Transport Act 1962 by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 139(2), Sch. 7 para. 15

Marginal citations

M1

1977 c. 3.

M2

1976 c. 83.

M3

1975 c. 68.

M4

1977 c. 49.

M5

1977 c. 49.

M6

1977 c. 49.

M7

1976 c. 35.

M8

1981 c. 14 (107:1).

M9

1976 c. 71.

Modifications

C1

Pt. I amended by S.I. 1972/1210, art. 2 which provides that Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein in Pt. I, value added tax tribunals for England and Wales and for Northern Ireland

C2

Pt. I amended by S.I. 1974/1478, art. 2 which provides that Pt. I of Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein the referees established by the Industrial Training (Levy Exemption References) Regulations 1974

C3

Pt. I amended by S.I. 1975/1937, art. 2 which provides that Pt. I of Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein the tribunals constituted by the Child Interim Benefit (Determination of Questions) Regulations 1975 and any person appointed under section 16(7)(b) of the Child Benefit Act 1975 to hear appeals from such tribunals (referred to in the said Regulations as “the Referee”)

C4

Pt. I amended by S.I. 1979/659, art. 2 which provides that Pt. I of Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein the tribunals constituted under section 4 of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979

Sch. I Pt. I amended (1.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2699, art. 2 which provides that Pt. I shall have effect as if certain committees appointed for the purposes of ss. 16, 17B and 25 of the Forestry Act 1967 (c. 10) and the tribunal constituted in accordance with s. 47 of the Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53) were specified therein.

C5

By S.I. 1974/1964, art. 3 it is provided that Pt. I of Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein the Tribunal in England and Wales constituted under Part I of Sch. 3 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

C6

By Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16, SIF 9), s. 7(3)(a) it is provided that the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 shall have effect as if the CAA were a tribunal specified in Part I of Schedule 1 to that Act

C7

By S.I. 1984/1094, art. 2 it is provided that Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified in Pt. I thereof the Dairy Produce Quota Tribunal for England and Wales which is constituted under Regulation 6(1)(a) of the Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1984

C8

By S.I. 1984/1247, art. 2 it is provided that Pt. I of Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein the Commission (called the Foreign Compensation Commission) which was constituted under section 1 of the Foreign Compensation Act 1950

C9

Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 18(a): power to continue conferred on the Secretary of State (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 5, 7(2), Sch. 3 para.15.

C10

Para. 22 extended by Patents, Designs and Marks Act 1986 (c. 39, SIF 67A), ss. 2, 4(7), Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(d)

Extent

E1

This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales only and a separate version has been created for Scotland only.

Editorial notes

X1

Para. 4 concerning Children's voluntary homes is as originally enacted; para. 4 which refers to Child Care Act 1980 and Children's Homes Act 1982 and Schedule 4 to the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 was substituted (S.) by virtue of Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 29, Sch. 9 Pt. I para. 12 and Registered Homes Act 1984 (c. 23, SIF 113:3), s. 57, Sch. 3

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1

Act repealed (1.10.1992) by Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c. 53), ss. 18(2), 19(2), Sch. 4 Pt.I.

Notes on Schedule 1

Modifications

C1

By S.I. 1984/1094, art. 2 it is provided that Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified in Pt. II thereof the Dairy Produce Quota Tribunal for Scotland which is constituted under Regulation 6(1)(b) of the Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1984