# Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014, Section 4: Assignment to office


(1) There is established the office to be known as that of President of the Scottish Tribunals.
(2) It is for the Lord President to assign a person to that office.
(3) An assignment of a person to that office continues for as long as the Lord President considers appropriate.
(4) The Lord President may nominate a Vice-President of the Upper Tribunal to act temporarily in that office—
(a) if a person assigned to that office is for the time being unable to act in it, or
(b) pending an assignment of a person to that office.
(5) A person assigned to that office under subsection (2) or nominated to act in it under subsection (4) must be a judge of the Court of Session (but may not be a temporary judge).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/10/section/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-scotland-act-2014/section-4
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