45(1)Schedule 2 (judges and other members of the First-tier Tribunal) is amended as follows.
(2)In paragraphs 1(1) and 2(1) (Lord Chancellor’s power to appoint) for “Lord Chancellor” substitute “Senior President of Tribunals”.
(3)In paragraph 1(2)(d) (eligibility for appointment as judge based on experience gained in law) for “Lord Chancellor’s opinion” substitute “opinion of the Senior President of Tribunals”.
(4)In paragraph 1(3) (meaning of “gain experience in law”) for “Lord Chancellor” substitute “Senior President of Tribunals”.
(5)In paragraph 4 (terms of appointment) after sub-paragraph (2) (salaried appointee may be removed from office only by Lord Chancellor and only on ground of inability or misbehaviour) insert—
“(2A)If the terms of the person’s appointment provide that the person is appointed on a fee-paid basis, the person may be removed from office—
(a)only by the Lord Chancellor (and in accordance with paragraph 3), and
(b)only on—
(i)the ground of inability or misbehaviour, or
(ii)a ground specified in the person’s terms of appointment.
(2B)If the period (or extended period) for which the person is appointed ends before—
(a)the day on which the person attains the age of 70, or
(b)if different, the day that for the purposes of section 26 of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 is the compulsory retirement date for the office concerned in the person’s case,
then, subject to sub-paragraph (2C), the Lord Chancellor must extend the period of the person’s appointment (including a period already extended under this sub-paragraph) before it ends.
(2C)Extension under sub-paragraph (2B)—
(a)requires the person’s agreement,
(b)is to be for such period as the Lord Chancellor considers appropriate, and
(c)may be refused on—
(i)the ground of inability or misbehaviour, or
(ii)a ground specified in the person’s terms of appointment,
but only with any agreement of a senior judge (see section 46(7)), or a nominee of a senior judge, that may be required by those terms.”
(6)In paragraph 4(3) (subject to sub-paragraph (2), person to hold and vacate office in accordance with terms of appointment)—
(a)for “sub-paragraph (2) (and” substitute “the preceding provisions of this paragraph (but subject in the first place”, and
(b)after “appointment” insert “, which are to be such as the Lord Chancellor may determine”.