PART 3EDUCATION TRIBUNAL FOR WALES

91Constitution of the Education Tribunal for Wales

(1)

The Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales is to continue and is renamed the Education Tribunal for Wales.

(2)

The Tribunal is to consist of—

(a)

a President of the Tribunal,

(b)

a panel of persons who may serve as the legal chair of the Tribunal (“the legal chair panel”), and

(c)

a panel of persons who may serve as the other two members of the Tribunal but not as the legal chair (“the lay panel”).

(3)

The President is to be appointed by the Lord Chancellor with the agreement of the Lord Chief Justice.

(4)

Each member of the legal chair panel is to be appointed by the Lord Chancellor with the agreement of the President.

(5)

The members of the lay panel are to be appointed by the Welsh Ministers with the agreement of the Secretary of State and the President.

(6)

Regulations made by the Welsh Ministers may—

(a)

provide for the jurisdiction of the Tribunal to be exercised by such number of tribunals as the President may determine from time to time, and

(b)

make any other provision in connection with the establishment and continuation of the Tribunal which are considered necessary or desirable.

(7)

The Welsh Ministers may provide staff and accommodation for the Tribunal.