The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008

Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943

21.—(1) The Schedule (constitution, jurisdiction and procedure of Pensions Appeal Tribunals) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1—

(a) omit sub-paragraph (1);

(b) after sub-paragraph (3) insert—

“(3A) In this Schedule “Tribunal” means a Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Scotland or Northern Ireland constituted in accordance with the provisions of this Schedule.”; and

(c) omit sub-paragraph (4).

(3) In paragraph 2—

(a) omit sub-paragraph (1)(a);

(b) in sub-paragraph (2A) omit “(3A),”;

(c) omit sub-paragraph (3A); and

(d) in sub-paragraph (4) for “sub-paragraphs (3A) and (3B)” substitute “sub-paragraph (3B)”.

(4) In paragraph 2B—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1) for “each part of the United Kingdom” substitute “Scotland or Northern Ireland”;

(b) omit sub-paragraph (2)(a); and

(c) in sub-paragraphs (5) and (6)—

(i) for “any part of the United Kingdom” substitute “Scotland or Northern Ireland”; and

(ii) for “that part of the United Kingdom” substitute “Scotland or Northern Ireland”.

(5) In paragraph 3A—

(a) for “any part of the United Kingdom” substitute “Scotland or Northern Ireland”; and

(b) in paragraph (a) for “that part of the United Kingdom” substitute “Scotland or Northern Ireland”.

(6) In paragraph 3B—

(a) for “any part of the United Kingdom” substitute “Scotland or Northern Ireland”; and

(b) for “such Tribunals in that part of the United Kingdom” substitute “a Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Scotland or Northern Ireland”.

(7) In paragraph 3C(2)—

(a) for “any part of the United Kingdom” substitute “Scotland or Northern Ireland”; and

(b) omit paragraph (a).

(8) In paragraph 5—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a) for “Pensions Appeals Tribunals” substitute “Tribunals”; and

(b) omit sub-paragraph (1A)(a).

(9) In paragraph 6—

(a) for “the Tribunal” substitute “the appropriate tribunal”;

(b) for “such one of the Tribunals appointed for England as may be prescribed by or under rules made for those Tribunals under this Schedule” substitute “the First-tier Tribunal”;

(c) for “a Tribunal” substitute “the appropriate tribunal”; and

(d) for “another Tribunal” substitute “another such tribunal”.

(10) In paragraph 6B—

(a) for “the Tribunal” substitute “the appropriate tribunal”; and

(b) for “a Tribunal appointed for another part of the United Kingdom” substitute “another appropriate tribunal”.

(11) In paragraph 7 for “such appeal” substitute “appeal to a Tribunal”.

(12) In paragraph 7B, omit sub-paragraph (1).