{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-courts-and-enforcement-act-2007/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-courts-and-enforcement-act-2007/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/15",
  "legislation_title": "Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-courts-and-enforcement-act-2007",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Judges and other members of the First-tier Tribunal",
  "text": "(1) A person is a judge of the First-tier Tribunal if the person—\n(a) is a judge of the First-tier Tribunal by virtue of appointment under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2,\n(b) is a transferred-in judge of the First-tier Tribunal (see section 31(2)),\n(c) is a judge of the Upper Tribunal,\n(ca) is within section 6A,\n(d) . . . or\n(e) is a member of a panel of Employment Judges.\n(2) A person is also a judge of the First-tier Tribunal, but only as regards functions of the tribunal in relation to appeals such as are mentioned in subsection (1) of section 5 of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995 (c. 53), if the person is an adjudicator appointed under that section by the Scottish Ministers.\n(3) A person is one of the other members of the First-tier Tribunal if the person—\n(a) is a member of the First-tier Tribunal by virtue of appointment under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2,\n(b) is a transferred-in other member of the First-tier Tribunal (see section 31(2)),\n(c) is one of the other members of the Upper Tribunal, or\n(d) is a member of a panel of members of employment tribunals that is not a panel of Employment Judges.\n(4) Schedule 2—\ncontains provision for the appointment of persons to be judges or other members of the First-tier Tribunal, and\nmakes further provision in connection with judges and other members of the First-tier Tribunal.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 4(1)(ca) inserted (1.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 14 para. 7; S.I. 2013/2200, art. 3(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(1)(d) 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. 38 (with Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(1)(e) substituted (1.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 14 para. 13(1); S.I. 2013/2200, art. 3(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(3)(d) substituted (1.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 14 para. 13(1); S.I. 2013/2200, art. 3(g)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/15/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:45.892078+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}