(1)The Ministry, after consultation with the President of the Lands Tribunal, may make rules for regulating proceedings before the Lands Tribunal and the fees chargeable in respect of those proceedings, and such rules may in particular make provision—
(a)as to the time within which proceedings before the Tribunal are to be instituted;
(b)as to the places where any such proceedings are to be heard;
(c)as to the evidence which may be required or admitted at any such proceedings and as to the production of documents and the summoning and examination of parties and witnesses;
(d)for the Tribunal to sit with assessors when dealing with cases calling for special knowledge and for making payments to the assessors as part of the expenses of the Tribunal;
(e)for requiring the Tribunal to state reasons for its decisions and generally as to the form in which any decision of the Tribunal is to be given;
(f)as to the amendment of any such decision in pursuance of any direction given by the Court of Appeal on any case stated under section 8(6);
(g)for the publication of decisions and awards of the Tribunal.
(2)All fees payable in respect of any proceedings before the Lands Tribunal shall be payable in such manner as rules made under subsection (1) may prescribe and shall be paid into the Exchequer.
(3)Where the Lands Tribunal acts as arbitrator, the provisions of[F1 Part I of the Arbritration Act 1996] shall apply only in so far as they are applied by rules made under this section,F1. . . .
Subs. (4) rep. by 1982 NI 9
(5)Rules made under this section shall provide for preserving, so far as appears to the Ministry to be practicable, the effect of things done before the coming into operation of this section in or for the purpose of the exercise of any jurisdiction transferred by this Act to the Lands Tribunal,F2. . . .
(6)Rules made under this section shall be subject to negative resolution.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 9(1)(5) functions transferred from Department of Finance and Personnel to Department of Justice (1.4.2011) by Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/44), art. 5 (with art. 8(2))