SCHEDULES

Section 22(5).

SCHEDULE 4U.K. Child Support Commissioners [F1for Northern Ireland]

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Sch. 4 heading inserted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 97(2)

Tenure of officeU.K.

1(1)Every Child Support Commissioner [F2for Northern Ireland] shall vacate his office [F3on the date on which he reaches the age of [F475]].U.K.

F5(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F6(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F6(3A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F6(3B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2Words in Sch. 4 para. 1(1) inserted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 97(3)(a)

F3Words in Sch. 4 para. 1(1) substituted (31.3.1995) by Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8), s. 31(2), Sch. 6 para. 23(2)(a) (with Sch. 7 paras. 2(2), 3(2), 4); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2

F4Word in Sch. 4 para. 1(1) substituted (10.3.2022) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 23(2) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)

F5Sch. 4 para. 1(2) repealed (31.3.1995) by Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8), s. 31(2), Sch. 6 para. 23(2)(b), Sch. 9 (with Sch. 7 paras. 2(2), 3(2), 4); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2

F6Sch. 4 para. 1(3)-(3B) omitted (3.11.2008) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 97(3)(b)

Commissioners’ remuneration and their pensionsU.K.

2(1)The [F7Department of Justice shall] pay, or make such payments towards the provision of such remuneration, F8... allowances or gratuities to or in respect of persons appointed as Child Support Commissioners [F9for Northern Ireland] as, with the consent of the Treasury, [F10the Lord Chancellor] may determine.U.K.

(2)The [F11Department of Justice] shall pay to a Child Support Commissioner [F12for Northern Ireland] such expenses incurred in connection with his work as such a Commissioner as may be determined by the Treasury.

[F13(3)Sub-paragraph (1), so far as relating to pensions, allowances or gratuities, shall not have effect in relation to any person to whom Part I of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 applies, except to the extent provided by or under that Act.]

Textual Amendments

F7Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(1) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 18 para. 42(a)(i) (with arts. 28-31)

F8Word in Sch. 4 para. 2(1) omitted (3.11.2008) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 97(4)(a)(i)

F9Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(1) inserted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 97(4)(a)(ii)

F10Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(1) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 18 para. 42(a)(ii) (with arts. 28-31)

F11Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(2) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 18 para. 42(b) (with arts. 28-31)

F12Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(2) inserted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 97(4)(b)

F13Sch. 4 para. 2(3) added (31.3.1995) by Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8), s. 31(2), Sch. 8 para. 21(2); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2

[F14Expenses of other persons]U.K.

Textual Amendments

F14Sch. 4 para. 2A and cross-heading inserted (18.12.1995) by Child Support Act 1995 (c. 34), s. 30(4), Sch. 3 para. 18(1); S.I. 1995/3262, art. 2, Sch. Pt. 1

F152AU.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F15Sch. 4 para. 2A omitted (3.11.2008) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 97(5)

Commissioners barred from legal practiceU.K.

[F163U.K.A Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland, so long as he holds office as such, shall not practise as a barrister or act for any remuneration to himself as arbitrator or referee or be directly or indirectly concerned in any matter as a conveyancer, notary public or solicitor.]

Textual Amendments

F16Sch. 4 para. 3 substituted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 97(6)

Deputy Child Support CommissionersU.K.

4[F17(1)The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission may appoint persons to act as Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland (but to be known as deputy Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland) in order to facilitate the disposal of the business of Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland.]U.K.

[F17(2)A deputy Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland shall be appointed—

(a)from among persons who are barristers or solicitors of not less than the number of years' standing specified in section 23(2), and

(b)subject to sub-paragraph (2A), for such period or on such occasions as the Commission determines with the agreement of the [F18Department of Justice].]

[F19(2A)No appointment of a person to be a deputy Child Support Commissioner [F20for Northern Ireland] shall be such as to extend beyond the date on which he reaches the age of [F2175].]

[F22(3)Paragraph 2 applies to deputy Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland, but paragraph 3 does not apply to them.]

Textual Amendments

F17Sch. 4 para. 4(1)(2) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), s. 5(7), Sch. 4 para. 23 (with Sch. 5 para. 16); S.I. 2010/812, art. 2

F18Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(2)(b) substituted (N.I.) (12.4.2010) by Department of Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 3), s. 3(2), Sch. para. 7; S.R. 2010/147, art. 2(2)

F19Sch. 4 para. 4(2A) inserted (31.3.1995) by Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8), s. 31(2), Sch. 6 para. 23(3) (with Sch. 7 paras. 2(2), 3(2), 4); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2

F20Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(2A) inserted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 97(7)(e)

F21Word in Sch. 4 para. 4(2A) substituted (10.3.2022) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 23(3) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)

F22Sch. 4 para. 4(3) substituted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 97(7)(f)