Section 7 Concurrence required for removal of members of certain tribunals.

United Kingdom

(1)

Subject to subsection (2), the power of a Minister F1. . . to terminate a person’s membership of any tribunal specified in Schedule 1, or of a panel constituted for the purposes of any such tribunal, shall be exercisable only with the consent of—

(a)

the Lord Chancellor F2(unless he is the Minister terminating the person's membership), the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Lord President of the Court of Session and the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, if the tribunal sits in all parts of the United Kingdom;

(b)

the Lord Chancellor (unless he is the Minister terminating the person's membership), the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, and the Lord President of the Court of Session, if the tribunal sits in all parts of Great Britain;

(c)

the Lord Chancellor (unless he is the Minister terminating the person's membership), the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, and the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, if the tribunal sits both in England and Wales and in Northern Ireland;

(d)

the Lord Chancellor F3(unless he is the Minister terminating the person's membership) and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, if the tribunal does not sit outside England and Wales;

(e)

the Lord President of the Court of Session, if the tribunal sits only in Scotland;

(f)

the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, if the tribunal sits only in Northern Ireland.

(2)

This section does not apply to any tribunal specified in paragraph 3 F4. . ., F59ZA, 12, 14 F615(f), 17, 18 . . ., 26, 33(a), F733AA. . . 34, 35 F8. . . (e) F9F10(i), (j), (k) or (l), 36(a) F1136AF12. . . , 39(b), 40, F13 48 or 56(a)F14 or 57A of Schedule 1.

(3)

F15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 7(1) repealed (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(1), 146, 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 225(2), Sch. 18 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 paras. 11(u), 30(b)
F2: Words in s. 7(1)(a)-(c) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(1), 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 225(3); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(u)
F3: Words in s. 7(1)(d) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(1), 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 225(4); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(u)
F4: Words in s. 7(2) repealed (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 334
F5: Word in s. 7(2) inserted (23.5.2016) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 39(6), 72(7)
F6: Word in s. 7(2) inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 31, s. 25(4), Sch. 5 para. 10(1); S.I. 1998/2212, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1
F7: Word in s. 7(2) inserted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 22, s. 1(5), Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 12(2)(a); S.I. 1999/650, art. 2(a)(b)
F8: Words in s. 7(2) repealed (6.4.1997) by 1995 c. 26, ss. 151, 177, Sch. 5 para. 16(2), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. II
F9: Words in s. 7(2) inserted (6.4.1997) by 1995 c. 26, s. 122, Sch. 3 para. 21(a); S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. II
F10: Words in s. 7(2) substituted (10.2.2005) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), ss. 319(1), 322(1), Sch. 12 para. 8(2); S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(4), Sch. Pt. 4
F11: Word in s. 7(2) inserted (E.W.) (1.4.1999) by 1996 c. 16, s. 103(1), Sch. 7 para. 45; S.I. 1999/533, art. 2(a)
F12: Words in s. 7(2) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 178(8), Sch. 4 para. 61, Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. para. 13(v) (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))
F13: Words in s. 7(2) substituted (in force for specified purposes 18.10.1999 otherwiseprosp.) by virtue of 1998 c. 14, s. 86(1), Sch. 7 para. 119; S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2(c), Sch. 1
F14: Words in s. 7(2) substituted (1.8.1996) by 1994 c. 29, s. 44, Sch. 5, para. 39(b); S.I. 1996/1646, art. 2, Sch.
F15: S. 7(3) repealed (4.4.2005) by Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (c. 19), ss. 26(7), 47, 48(3), Sch. 2 para. 7(2), Sch. 4; S.I. 2005/565, art. 2(d) (with arts. 3-9)