Words in s. 9(1) omitted (19.9.2013) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2042), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 11(a)

S. 9(3ZA) inserted (1.10.2013) by Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c. 27), ss. 2(6), 35(1); S.I. 2013/2143, art. 2(b)

S. 9(3A) omitted (19.9.2013) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2042), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 11(b)

S. 9(4)(b) and word omitted (19.9.2013) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2042), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 11(c)

S. 9(6) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 15(5), Sch. 18 para. 48(2) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)

S. 9(7) inserted (24.5.2018) by The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/644), arts. 1(1), 32(2)

S. 9: transfer of certain functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, arts. 1, 2, Sch. 1 (with art. 7); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/53/section/9Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992An Act to consolidate the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 and certain other enactments relating to tribunals and inquiries.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-17Expert Participation2023-11-03 Composition and procedure of tribunals and inquiries
9 Procedure in connection with statutory inquiries.(1)

The Lord Chancellor... may make rules regulating the procedure to be followed in connection with statutory inquiries held by or on behalf of Ministers; and different provision may be made by any such rules in relation to different classes of such inquiries.

(2)

Any rules made by the Lord Chancellor under this section shall have effect, in relation to any statutory inquiry, subject to the provisions of the enactment under which the inquiry is held, and of any rules or regulations made under that enactment.

(3)

Subject to subsection (2), rules made under this section may regulate procedure in connection with matters preparatory to such statutory inquiries as are mentioned in subsection (1), and in connection with matters subsequent to such inquiries, as well as in connection with the conduct of proceedings at such inquiries.

(3ZA)

Rules made by the Lord Chancellor under this section may include provision as to the circumstances in which, in statutory inquiries held in England—

(a)

directions may be given under section 250(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 as applied by a provision of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 specified in the rules;

(b)

orders for costs may be made under section 250(5) of the Local Government Act 1972 as so applied.

(3A)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)

In the application of this section to inquiries held in Scotland—

(a)

for any reference to the Lord Chancellor there shall be substituted a reference to the Lord Advocate, and

(b)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6)

In the application of this section to inquiries held in Northern Ireland, the power to make rules is exercisable by the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland (and not by the Lord Chancellor) so far as the power may be used to make Northern Ireland devolved provision.

(7)

In the application of this section to inquiries held in Wales by or on behalf of the Welsh Ministers, the power in subsection (1) to make rules is exercisable by the Welsh Ministers (and not by the Lord Chancellor).

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
<akomaNtoso xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0 http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/akn-core/v1.0/cos01/part2-specs/schemas/akomantoso30.xsd">
<act name="ukpga">
<meta>
<identification source="#">
<FRBRWork>
<FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/53"/>
<FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/53"/>
<FRBRdate date="1992-07-16" name="enacted"/>
<FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/legislature/UnitedKingdomParliament"/>
<FRBRcountry value="GB-UKM"/>
<FRBRnumber value="53"/>
<FRBRname value="1992 c. 53"/>
<FRBRprescriptive value="true"/>
</FRBRWork>
<FRBRExpression>
<FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/53/2023-11-03"/>
<FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/53/2023-11-03"/>
<FRBRdate date="2023-11-03" name="validFrom"/>
<FRBRauthor href="#"/>
<FRBRlanguage language="eng"/>
</FRBRExpression>
<FRBRManifestation>
<FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/53/2023-11-03/data.akn"/>
<FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/53/2023-11-03/data.akn"/>
<FRBRdate date="2024-11-24Z" name="transform"/>
<FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk"/>
<FRBRformat value="application/akn+xml"/>
</FRBRManifestation>
</identification>
<lifecycle source="#">
<eventRef refersTo="#enactment" date="1992-07-16" eId="date-enacted" source="#"/>
<eventRef date="2018-05-24" eId="date-2018-05-24" source="#"/>
<eventRef date="2023-04-01" eId="date-2023-04-01" source="#"/>
<eventRef date="2023-11-03" eId="date-2023-11-03" source="#"/>
</lifecycle>
<analysis source="#">
<restrictions source="#">
<restriction refersTo="#extent-e+w+s+ni" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#section-9" refersTo="#extent-e+w+s+ni" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction refersTo="#period-from-2023-11-03" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#body" refersTo="#period-from-2023-04-01" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#crossheading-composition-and-procedure-of-tribunals-and-inquiries" refersTo="#period-from-2018-05-24" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#section-9" refersTo="#period-from-2018-05-24" type="jurisdiction"/>
</restrictions>
<otherAnalysis source="">
<uk:confersPower href="#section-9" value="true"/>
<uk:commentary href="#section-9" refersTo="#c12156221"/>
<uk:commentary href="#section-9" refersTo="#key-c08c686f4d012121c744799659fb69b4"/>
<uk:commentary href="#section-9" refersTo="#key-1d6f91c8d923071ae9a8924adcf84bef"/>
<uk:commentary href="#section-9" refersTo="#key-dccb2e88d2a72de9fc65df43daa77143"/>
<uk:commentary href="#section-9" refersTo="#key-cffab7a3c82d0d1f74c0b9108f478824"/>
<uk:commentary href="#section-9" refersTo="#c20974271"/>
<uk:commentary href="#section-9" refersTo="#key-bdacc914e423d499f0259f0b437c778b"/>
</otherAnalysis>
</analysis>
<temporalData source="#">
<temporalGroup eId="period-from-2018-05-24">
<timeInterval start="#date-2018-05-24" refersTo="#"/>
</temporalGroup>
<temporalGroup eId="period-from-2023-04-01">
<timeInterval start="#date-2023-04-01" refersTo="#"/>
</temporalGroup>
<temporalGroup eId="period-from-2023-11-03">
<timeInterval start="#date-2023-11-03" refersTo="#"/>
</temporalGroup>
</temporalData>
<references source="#">
<TLCEvent eId="enactment" href="" showAs="EnactmentDate"/>
<TLCLocation eId="extent-e+w+s+ni" href="" showAs="E+W+S+N.I."/>
</references>
<notes source="#">
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-c08c686f4d012121c744799659fb69b4" marker="F1">
<p>
Words in s. 9(1) omitted (19.9.2013) by virtue of
<ref eId="c3jtounh3-00014" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/2042">The Public Bodies (Abolition of Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2042)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3jtounh3-00015" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/2042/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3jtounh3-00016" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/2042/schedule/paragraph/11/a">Sch. para. 11(a)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-1d6f91c8d923071ae9a8924adcf84bef" marker="F2">
<p>
S. 9(3ZA) inserted (1.10.2013) by
<ref eId="c3jv6wiz3-00007" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/27">Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c. 27)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3jv6wiz3-00008" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/27/section/2/6">ss. 2(6)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3jv6wiz3-00009" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/27/section/35/1">35(1)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c3jv6wiz3-00010" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/2143">S.I. 2013/2143</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3jv6wiz3-00011" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/2143/article/2/b">art. 2(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-dccb2e88d2a72de9fc65df43daa77143" marker="F3">
<p>
S. 9(3A) omitted (19.9.2013) by virtue of
<ref eId="c3jtounh3-00005" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/2042">The Public Bodies (Abolition of Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2042)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3jtounh3-00006" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/2042/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3jtounh3-00007" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/2042/schedule/paragraph/11/b">Sch. para. 11(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-cffab7a3c82d0d1f74c0b9108f478824" marker="F4">
<p>
S. 9(4)(b) and word omitted (19.9.2013) by virtue of
<ref eId="c3jtounh3-00021" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/2042">The Public Bodies (Abolition of Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2042)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3jtounh3-00022" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/2042/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3jtounh3-00023" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/2042/schedule/paragraph/11/c">Sch. para. 11(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c20974271" marker="F5">
<p>
S. 9(6) inserted (12.4.2010) by
<ref eId="c00317" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00318" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00319" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/15/5">15(5)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00320" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/18/paragraph/48/2">Sch. 18 para. 48(2)</ref>
(with
<rref eId="c00321" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="c00317">arts. 28-31</rref>
);
<ref eId="c00322" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977">S.I. 2010/977</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00323" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-bdacc914e423d499f0259f0b437c778b" marker="F6">
<p>
S. 9(7) inserted (24.5.2018) by
<ref eId="c42han6g3-00007" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/644">The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/644)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c42han6g3-00008" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/644/article/1/1">arts. 1(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c42han6g3-00009" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/644/article/32/2">32(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="c12156221" marker="C1">
<p>
S. 9: transfer of certain functions (1.7.1999) by
<ref eId="c00301" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1750">S.I. 1999/1750</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00302" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1750/article/1">arts. 1</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00303" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1750/article/2">2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00304" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1750/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
(with
<ref eId="c00305" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1750/article/7">art. 7</ref>
);
<ref eId="c00306" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/3178">S.I. 1998/3178</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00307" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/3178/article/3">art. 3</ref>
</p>
</note>
</notes>
<proprietary xmlns:ukm="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/metadata" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" source="#">
<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/53/section/9</dc:identifier>
<dc:title>Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992</dc:title>
<dc:description>An Act to consolidate the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 and certain other enactments relating to tribunals and inquiries.</dc:description>
<dc:type>text</dc:type>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>en</dc:language>
<dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher>
<dc:modified>2024-05-17</dc:modified>
<dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor>
<dct:valid>2023-11-03</dct:valid>
<ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
<ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:DocumentCategory Value="primary"/>
<ukm:DocumentMainType Value="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct"/>
<ukm:DocumentStatus Value="revised"/>
</ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:Year Value="1992"/>
<ukm:Number Value="53"/>
<ukm:EnactmentDate Date="1992-07-16"/>
</ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
<ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Alternative Date="2008-03-02" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/53/pdfs/ukpga_19920053_en.pdf" Title="Print Version"/>
</ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Statistics>
<ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="61"/>
<ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="19"/>
<ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="42"/>
<ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/>
<ukm:TotalImages Value="0"/>
</ukm:Statistics>
</proprietary>
</meta>
<body eId="body">
<hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="crossheading-composition-and-procedure-of-tribunals-and-inquiries">
<heading> Composition and procedure of tribunals and inquiries</heading>
<section eId="section-9" uk:target="true">
<num>9</num>
<heading> Procedure in connection with statutory inquiries.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-9-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>
The Lord Chancellor
<noteRef href="#key-c08c686f4d012121c744799659fb69b4" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
... may make rules regulating the procedure to be followed in connection with statutory inquiries held by or on behalf of Ministers; and different provision may be made by any such rules in relation to different classes of such inquiries.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>Any rules made by the Lord Chancellor under this section shall have effect, in relation to any statutory inquiry, subject to the provisions of the enactment under which the inquiry is held, and of any rules or regulations made under that enactment.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>Subject to subsection (2), rules made under this section may regulate procedure in connection with matters preparatory to such statutory inquiries as are mentioned in subsection (1), and in connection with matters subsequent to such inquiries, as well as in connection with the conduct of proceedings at such inquiries.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-3ZA">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-1d6f91c8d923071ae9a8924adcf84bef-1536661235664" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-1d6f91c8d923071ae9a8924adcf84bef">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-1d6f91c8d923071ae9a8924adcf84bef" class="commentary"/>
(3ZA)
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-1d6f91c8d923071ae9a8924adcf84bef-1536661235664" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-1d6f91c8d923071ae9a8924adcf84bef">Rules made by the Lord Chancellor under this section may include provision as to the circumstances in which, in statutory inquiries held in England—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-3ZA-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-1d6f91c8d923071ae9a8924adcf84bef-1536661235664" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-1d6f91c8d923071ae9a8924adcf84bef">(a)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-1d6f91c8d923071ae9a8924adcf84bef-1536661235664" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-1d6f91c8d923071ae9a8924adcf84bef">directions may be given under section 250(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 as applied by a provision of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 specified in the rules;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-3ZA-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-1d6f91c8d923071ae9a8924adcf84bef-1536661235664" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-1d6f91c8d923071ae9a8924adcf84bef">(b)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-1d6f91c8d923071ae9a8924adcf84bef-1536661235664" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-1d6f91c8d923071ae9a8924adcf84bef">orders for costs may be made under section 250(5) of the Local Government Act 1972 as so applied.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-3A">
<num>
<noteRef href="#key-dccb2e88d2a72de9fc65df43daa77143" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
(3A)
</num>
<content>
<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<intro>
<p>In the application of this section to inquiries held in Scotland—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-4-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>for any reference to the Lord Chancellor there shall be substituted a reference to the Lord Advocate, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-4-b">
<num>
<noteRef href="#key-cffab7a3c82d0d1f74c0b9108f478824" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
(b)
</num>
<content>
<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-6">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d29p492" ukl:CommentaryRef="c20974271">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c20974271" class="commentary"/>
(6)
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p492" ukl:CommentaryRef="c20974271">In the application of this section to inquiries held in Northern Ireland, the power to make rules is exercisable by the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland (and not by the Lord Chancellor) so far as the power may be used to make Northern Ireland devolved provision.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-7">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-bdacc914e423d499f0259f0b437c778b-1537786058896" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-bdacc914e423d499f0259f0b437c778b">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-bdacc914e423d499f0259f0b437c778b" class="commentary"/>
(7)
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-bdacc914e423d499f0259f0b437c778b-1537786058896" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-bdacc914e423d499f0259f0b437c778b">In the application of this section to inquiries held in Wales by or on behalf of the Welsh Ministers, the power in subsection (1) to make rules is exercisable by the Welsh Ministers (and not by the Lord Chancellor).</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
</hcontainer>
</body>
</act>
</akomaNtoso>