Section 2 Senior President of Tribunals

United Kingdom

(1)

Her Majesty may, on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor, appoint a person to the office of Senior President of Tribunals.

(2)

Schedule 1 makes further provision about the Senior President of Tribunals and about recommendations for appointment under subsection (1).

(3)

A holder of the office of Senior President of Tribunals must, in carrying out the functions of that office, have regard to—

(a)

the need for tribunals to be accessible,

(b)

the need for proceedings before tribunals—

(i)

to be fair, and

(ii)

to be handled quickly and efficiently,

(c)

the need for members of tribunals to be experts in the subject-matter of, or the law to be applied in, cases in which they decide matters, and

(d)

the need to develop innovative methods of resolving disputes that are of a type that may be brought before tribunals.

(4)

In subsection (3) “tribunals” means—

(a)

the First-tier Tribunal,

(b)

the Upper Tribunal,

(c)

employment tribunals,F1 and

(d)

the Employment Appeal Tribunal, F2. . .

(e)

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Annotations

F1: Word in s. 2(4)(c) inserted (15.2.2010) by The Transfer of Functions of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/21), Sch. 1 para. 37(a) (with Sch. 4)
F2: S. 2(4)(e) and word omitted (15.2.2010) by virtue of The Transfer of Functions of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/21), Sch. 1 para. 37(b) (with Sch. 4)